Iran Navy Testing Accident Kills 19

| May 11, 2020


Damaged “Konarak”

Iranian media reports that the support ship Konarak was hit by a new anti-ship missile being test fired by the frigate Jamaran during an exercise on Sunday.

The Konarak was placing targets in the water and strayed too close to one, and was struck by the missile.

The navy reported the ship was towed ashore and that an investigation had begun.

The incident took place near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important waterway through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes.

Iran hits its own warship with missile, killing 19

By: RYAN MORGAN

At least 19 Iranian Navy personnel are dead and 15 more injured after the warship “Konarak” was struck by Iran’s own missile near Jask Port in southern Iran.

Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) confirmed the 19 deaths and 15 injuries in a report Monday.

IRNA revised the casualty toll after it initially reported 16 personnel had been hospitalized with injuries following the accident, including one person who later died, three who were soon released, and 12 who remain hospitalized.

The IRNA reports noted the accident occurred during a training exercise, but did not mention any friendly fire accident.

“Expert investigations are underway about the cause of the incident,” the IRNA reported, asking everyone to avoid raising speculations.

Completely avoidable and another example of how professional the Iranians are with missiles. Imagine them with nukes. Read the rest of the article here: American Military News

Category: Iran, Training Incidents

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Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

You just know that pelousy, schumer and the rest of the demoRATS are going to blame Trump on the misguided rocket hit. I can see that coming.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH B Woodman

Well, the missile worked, didn’t it?
It hit a ship, didn’t it?
Ohhhhhhh…………supposed to be a non-Iranian ship?
Have these desert jock straps ever heard of IFF?

FuzeVT

In this case it would be “Incident of Friendly Fire” I guess.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH B Woodman

“The IRNA reports noted the accident occurred during a training exercise, but did not mention any friendly fire accident.”

Friendly fire………isn’t.

26Limabeans

Target scoring is dangerous work.

Mason

Weren’t they just rattling their mighty saber at us last week?

Still not scared.

Hack Stone

Devtun

Combat Historian

Will IRGC, Quds Force, and Hezbollah across the Middle East be ordered to a 48 hour safety standdown to watch safety videos and listen to endless safety lectures?

Doc Savage

They just came off a safety stand down last January; you know….for shooting down one of thier own jetliners?

Want to hear a prediction?
If we have to go to war with these missile jockeys, within the first 20 minutes of thier opening missile barrage, they will down 70% of thier own aircraft, and sink half thier Navy ( of the boats not made from converted bass boats)

Roh-Dog

I’ll crack a beer to that!
That Ramadan fasting is a bitch, huh fellas?!
Here’s to your continuing success at naval engagements, cheers!

5th/77th FA

I gazed upon my field of phuques to see if I had one to give. Alas, the field is barren and I have ZERO (0) phuques to give. Enjoy your eternity in paradise mofos. Since they were kilt by a BLDAM does that mean they become the virgins? Every one of their own they kill, is one less we have to kill.

A Proud Infidel®™

Were they screaming “Death to America” while they did it? DARWIN AKHBAR!!!

M48DAT

Works like a sonofabitch Skipper!

11B-Mailclerk

The -one- time it is a hit-ile not a miss-ile.

JTB

Iranian Navy engages Iranian Navy and loses…LOL…!!

The Other Whitey

And they keep threatening to destroy us? Looks to me like we don’t need to go to war with Iran. We can just stand back and let the problem take care of itself!

Nuggett

Not sure if we should be cheering this..I bet most of the dead are poor E-1s to E-3s doing 20 hour KP shifts while their Chief was on liberty in Bahrain getting drunk in the strip clubs

A Proud Infidel®™

Or their upper echelon weren’t doing each other on “Man-Love Thursday”!