2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran

[NoParty]

I'm certainly willing to give the gov the benefit of the doubt (which many others investigating this are definitely not!)
that the killing of many, many little girls was unintentional...

But I think it's taking them 5+ days, so far, to come up with a story that can reconcile what happened,
with their claims that taking extensive measures to avoid harming innocents is a top priority...

 

[deirdre]

Looking at the entire site, I would expect unitary munitions in the ~500 kg class were used.

hegseth and that general said yesterday which missiles they used early on and which ones they are switching too. i have no recollection of names since in not a "munitions" gal.

The most plausible reason I can think of for a five day stall on facts

seriously? do you know why we dont know if a drone flew over Minab or a jet or if the bombs came from missile launches? do you know why we dont have footage of the actual bombing from 1-4 angles like we did in Gaza?

and clinic buildings were deliberately targeted

Gidderiones al jazeeera article says the clinic wasnt hit. (2 comments up)

" I'm guessing that our military is going to argue that enemy combatants
were using the school as a shield

i kinda doubt our military would say that, but i did save some screenshots that that idea was going around on the day of the bombing. thinking it was a video, but i didnt save link to it, because i remember them saying (unless i read it) something about the mountains in the background matching... but you cant google car to check it out. so i didnt try a full debunk (if it is indeed bunk, i dont know but i dont see tanks or weapons)

add: i see teh video marker in pic, so it was a video on youtube.

 

[deirdre]

with their claims that not killing innocents is a top priority...

did they claim that? i assume they dont want to kill innocents obviously, but a top priority? do you have a source for your claim?

 

[Gary C]

hegseth and that general said yesterday which missiles they used early on and which ones they are switching too. i have no recollection of names since in not a "munitions" gal.

I listened to it on the radio. He rattled off some acronyms and dropped a few names to make it sound like he knew what he was talking about before turning the brief over to the other guy. I don't recall him associating a specific weapon with the school incident. Do you have a transcript that provides that info?

 

[Mendel]

The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon is using Claude AI to identify targets: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthropic-ai-iran-campaign/ (paywalled, I can't read the full article).


CBS News has a similar report.

A copy of the full article is at https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com...s-campaign-in-iran/articleshow/129040273.html

The military's Maven Smart System, which is built by data mining company Palantir, is generating insights from an astonishing amount of classified data from satellites, surveillance and other intelligence, helping provide real-time targeting and target prioritisation to military operations in Iran, according to three people familiar with the system. Embedded into the system is Anthropic's AI tool Claude, a technology that was banned by the Pentagon last week after heated negotiations over the terms of its use in war.

[...]

As planning for a potential strike in Iran was underway, Maven, powered by Claude, suggested hundreds of targets, issued location coordinates, and prioritised those targets according to importance, said two of the people. The pairing of Maven and Claude has created a tool that is speeding the pace of the campaign, reducing Iran's ability to counterstrike and turning weeks-long battle planning into real-time operations, said one of the people. The AI tools also evaluate a strike after it is initiated, the person said.

 

[deirdre]

I don't recall him associating a specific weapon with the school incident

there was nothing specific to the school incident.

 

[Giddierone]

The image of the military equipment at a school posted above is from 2022 and was taken in Arak, 1,200km away from Minab.


Source: https://x.com/talhagin/status/2016060309627195675?s=20

 

[fizzBuzz]

do you have a source for your claim?

this was a good joke.

 

[fizzBuzz]

I listened to it on the radio. He rattled off some acronyms and dropped a few names to make it sound like he knew what he was talking about before turning the brief over to the other guy. I don't recall him associating a specific weapon with the school incident. Do you have a transcript that provides that info?

This is the transcript from yesterday's briefing. Is that what you're referring to?

The only mention of the school was this:

Q: Thank you. Tom Bateman with BBC. Can you give us an update on what the administration knows, what you know now about the reported strike on a girls school in southern Iran on Saturday?

SECRETARY HEGSETH: All I know – all I can say is that we're investigating that. We, of course, never target civilian targets, but we're taking a look and investigating that.

Q: Just on the basis that with the information you would have, your reconnaissance abilities, uh, ability to gather information, I mean, it's several days on now. So, is there any clarity on whose munition this was?

SECRETARY HEGSETH: We're investigating it. Thank you.

https://www.war.gov/News/Transcript...hairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-dan/

 

[deirdre]

He rattled off some acronyms and dropped a few names to make it sound like he knew what he was talking about before turning the brief over to the other guy.

oh sorry...he only says the initial ones were "exquisite standoff munitions" ? but assumedly better than 500, 1000 or 2000lb gravity bombs.

edit: 4:00 timestamp...the transcript on youtube is funky

Source: https://youtu.be/7o9CGLEcUfo?t=244

 

[Gary C]

This is the transcript from yesterday's briefing. Is that what you're referring to?

The only mention of the school was this:


https://www.war.gov/News/Transcript...hairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-dan/

Yes, thank you. It just confirms my memory of him describing only general categories of weapons and nothing specific to the school other than what you already posted.

 

[deirdre]

Yes, thank you. It just confirms my memory of him describing only general categories of weapons and nothing specific to the school other than what you already posted.

well if he said something specific of what they were dropping, then that might be what was used at the school. but the word i didnt remember was just "standoff". < i have no idea what that means either.

add: well it does tell us a bit..i had assumed they were dropped from planes because the holes look like not-on-an-angle to my novice eye. but maybe male folk already knew they were missiles.