Pentagon Used Untested Weapon in Strike on Iranian School
Funny how the timeline works: The New York Times recently reported that the Pentagon deployed a previously untested missile in an attack targeting an Iranian school. This admission confirms the use of an experimental weapon system during an active operation, rather than a conventional strike. Mainstream outlets, including CNN and Fox News, framed the incident as a standard retaliatory measure,
emphasizing the alleged threat posed by Iranian activities without delving into the specifics of the weaponry used. This framing obscured the fact that the US military is field-testing new armaments on foreign soil, specifically against a location identified as a school. The implication of using an unproven munition in a populated area, even if alleged to be an IRGC recruitment center, raises
serious questions about targeting protocols and the risk to non-combatants, mirroring incidents like the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS Vincennes, which killed all 290 civilians aboard. This deployment highlights a pattern of the US using active conflict zones as testing grounds for military technologies. Consider the historical precedent: during the Vietnam War, the US extensively
tested chemical defoliants like Agent Orange, causing long-term environmental and health catastrophes. The financial investment in developing and then deploying such a weapon is substantial, yet the human cost to Iranian civilians, particularly children, is disproportionately high for a weapon whose effectiveness and collateral damage profile are not fully understood. While an exact figure for the