Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake.
Thank you to @slair.bsky.social and @bcfinucane.bsky.social for taking the time to provide their expertise for this piece.
Bellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. The missiles appear to be flying low across valleys and were most likely fired from the Mediterranean sea, an expert told us.
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Trump's assertion here that the Tomahawk is "generic" and that "Iran has some Tomahawks" is absurd and a lie.
The only party to this conflict that operates the Tomahawk is the United States.
Read our analysis into the Tomahawk strike in Minab here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Images published by Iranian state media show remnants of a US Tomahawk missile at a girls’ school in Minab.
It’s not possible to independently verify the provenance of the remnants from this imagery alone. But Bellingcat previously detailed how a Tomahawk missile hit a structure next to the school.
There are nearly 30 verified images of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) in the OSMP archive, including from Syria, the U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen last year, and the ongoing Iran war.
See them all here: osmp.ngo/model/tomaha...
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So are you, very nice work
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.
I also spoke with two legal experts about the legality of chemical agent defeat weapons, and incendiary weapons.
The @munitionsportal.bsky.social first posted an entry on this bomb yesterday.
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Two experts told me they hadn't seen a bomb before in Israeli service, that it could be a bomb designed to destroy chemical weapons. The US and IDF declined to answer specific questions about it, including if they assessed Iran had a chemical weapons program.
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Today, US CENTCOM posted a video showing B-52 bombers that had struck Iran within the first 100 hours, loaded with JASSMs.
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A video posted of more JASSM debris.
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Several remnants of the US JASSM cruise missile were posted by Iranian media yesterday, such as these pictures.
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A manufacturing date on a single component does not mean the missile was assembled at that time. This just determines the oldest possible a munition could be. You can put a component made in 2000 in a missile you assemble in 2005.
Good reminder these munitions have toxic metals (yellow).
This Patriot remnant was posted with the claim it was manufactured in 2000, and a 26 year old missile.
The 2000 date, and information in the red box is related to the classification of the component, not the production dates.
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Since this article and thread, remnants of more munitions, and false claims have continued to appear. Short thread of some I saw yesterday:
US SM-3 Blk 1 series missile debris (MK 104 DTRM, second stage rocket motor) found in Turkey, following a US interception
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A satellite imagery analysis conducted by Bellingcat shows that at least 15 police stations or police-related buildings were targeted in strikes conducted in Tehran between March 1 and March 3. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
There is smoke rising from the vicinity US Consulate in Dubai after it was allegedly struck by an Iranian drone a short while ago.
Geolocation of the video filming location below from @easybakeovensz.bsky.social: 25.259, 55.318
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This article references the
@munitionsportal.bsky.social quite a bit. Many of the munitions being used have been used in prior conflicts covered by the OSMP.
The OSMP has launched their collection page with munitions from this war.
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Remnants of a Iron Dome Tamir interceptor missile have also appeared online. t.co/CxPhZ8Ukn1
A video is going around falsely claiming to be from a Iranian drone that hit Cyprus. This is actually reused footage from Ukraine, as a close up photo of the same remnant was published in an article in 2024.
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As the war enters it's fourth day, more remnants and misinformation continues to be posted online. There's a couple that didn't make it into the article.
Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
The NSN indicates this is an MIM-23B variant specifically, found by AlphaQ: x.com/i/status/202...
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Remnants of the actuator section of an Iranian MIM-23 HAWK air defense missile, reportedly found near Ahvaz, Iran. These US made missiles were given to Iran decades again.
AGM-154 JSOW
500-pound bombs with JDAM guidance kits.
BLU-109 2,000-pound "bunker busters" with JDAM guidance kits.
Tomahawk missile launching, with smoke trails visible from prior launches
DoD has posted several photos of munitions being loading onto aircraft participating in strikes again Iran, including JSOWs, 500-pound bombs, 2,000-pound 'bunker busters', and several Tomahawks being launched by the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. These photos were taken February 28 according to DVIDS.
Short thread about some of the many incidents where civilians have already been caught in the crossfire following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran retaliatory drone and ballistic missile attacks.
Further damage from Pakistan airstirkes visible in Feb 27 2026 SkySat imagery from @planet.com in Kandahar, as noted by @easybakeovensz.bsky.social.
First set of images show destroyed warehouses near 31.4766, 65.8707.
Second set is to the west and shows destroyed buildings near 31.4794, 65.8516.
December 13 2023, skysat imagery of the military compound in Kabul (before any airstrikes)
February 27th 2026 skysat imagery of the military compound in Kabul (after the airstrikes)
Pakistan bombed Kabul overnight, as well as two other provinces, as tensions rose with Afghanistan’s Taliban government. Planet SkySat imagery obtained by Bellingcat shows the aftermath of the strikes on a military base in Kabul.
