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CENTCOM Dismisses Claims of US Missile Strike on Iranian Sports Facility

CENTCOM has responded to an investigation by The New York Times, which discovered that a short-range US ballistic missile called the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) was allegedly used in a deadly attack on a sport hall and residential area in the city of Lamerd on February 28.
Tim Hawkins, the spokesperson for CENTCOM, stated that the military had investigated the incident and found the accusations to be unfounded.
He claimed that US forces did not launch any strikes in Lamerd during the initial days of the conflict and disputed videos of the attack, saying they do not depict a PrSM.
“A PrSM is 13 feet in length. The munition shown in the video appears to be twice as long, consistent with the dimensions and silhouette of an Iranian Hoveyzeh cruise missile,” he said.
The New York Times report described the PrSM as “a weapon that had been untested in combat” and noted it is designed to detonate just above its target and scatter small tungsten pellets outward.
According to Iran’s Fars news agency, 15 people were killed in the attack on the Lamerd gymnasium, where children were playing and exercising.

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