An analysis of remnants of a Tomahawk precision-guided missile found at the location of the girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran that the U.S. military used to bomb the school on February 28 reveal that a component of the missile was manufactured by the Ball Corporation in Boulder, Colorado in 2014. The bomb killed at least 175 people, most of them children.
Iran’s state broadcaster posted a photo of the components dug from the rubble and placed on a table. The New York Times analyzed close-up photos of the components and consulted experts who concluded the markings indicated U.S. manufacturers made the missile, including one in Boulder, Colorado.
The Times wrote,
“In the photos of the weapons debris, one remnant is marked SDL ANTENNA, or satellite data link antenna, part of a communications system installed in more modern versions of the Tomahawk. A number unique to Department of Defense contracts indicates that the component was supplied to the U.S. military as part of a 2014 order. The name of Ball Aerospace Technologies, a weapons manufacturer based in Boulder, Colo., that was acquired by BAE in 2024, is imprinted on the part.” [Bold emphasis added.]
TheBall Corporation sold off its aerospace division in 2024.
The U.S. military’s investigation into the bombing found it had been done due to an error attributable to the military’s use of outdated targeting data. The building the U.S. destroyed had formerly been a part of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps complex next door to it, but years ago the building was walled off from the IRGC compound and used as an elementary school.
After the findings of the investigation came out of Wednesday, reporters asked convicted felon/sexual abuser/President Trump about the military investigation’s conclusion showing definitively that the U.S. had targeted the school in error, Trump responded, “I don’t know about that.”
Without presenting any evidence, Trump had previously suggested Iran had somehow obtained a Tomahawk missile and used it to bomb their own school.
Iran has no access to Tomahawk missiles and doesn’t use them.