US artillery unit used entire stock of untested missiles in attack on Iran – official
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“US depleted entire stock of untested missiles in attack on Iran – official”
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Wikipedia confirms the 2026 Lamerd attack involved PrSM missiles, and web search results indicate U.S. military used untested PrSM in strikes. However, no sources explicitly confirm the entire stock was depleted.
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— On 28 February 2026, a sports hall in Lamerd, Fars province in southern Iran was attacked by a two‑missile strike while a women's volleyball team was using the facility, killing at least 21 people, in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lamerd_sports_hall_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lamerd_sports_hall_attack
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— The Naval Strike Missile (NSM; U.S designation RGM-184A) is an anti-ship and land-attack missile developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA).
The original Norwegian name was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Strike_Missile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Strike_Missile
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— The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM; PRI-zim) is a series of ballistic missiles, both short- and later medium-range developed by Lockheed Martin to replace the MGM-140 ATACMS. The early variant of this…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile
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“The short-to-medium ballistic missiles developed by Lockheed Martin are slated to replace the aging Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).”
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Multiple web sources and Wikipedia explicitly state PrSM is developed to replace ATACMS. This is a well-documented program detail.
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— The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS ) is a short-range supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the American defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATACMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATACMS
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— The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM; PRI-zim) is a series of ballistic missiles, both short- and later medium-range developed by Lockheed Martin to replace the MGM-140 ATACMS. The early variant of this…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile
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— Skunk Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), the company's tactical research and development arm. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs,…
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“The new weapon completed its prototype phase only last year, and ended up being fielded without a full testing cycle.”
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Web search results confirm PrSM completed prototype testing in 2023 and were deployed during the war. Multiple sources align on the timeline.
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— The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM; PRI-zim) is a series of ballistic missiles, both short- and later medium-range developed by Lockheed Martin to replace the MGM-140 ATACMS. The early variant of this…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile
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— The Global Mobile Artillery Rocket System (GMARS, ) is a wheeled multiple rocket launcher built and designed by Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin, with them first partnering up in 2023. It is claimed to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMARS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMARS
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— The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS ) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army Family of Medium…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M142_HIMARS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M142_HIMARS
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“Media reports indicated that the new missiles were involved in at least one mass-casualty incident during the attack on Iran, killing some 21 people at a school and sports hall in the southern Iranian city of Lamerd.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about casualties in Lamerd from PrSM.
“A US Army unit equipped with the new missiles fully exhausted its inventory early in the conflict, Jimmy Arter, an official at Fort Sill, said.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm the Army unit's inventory depletion.
“We shot our entire inventory of PrSM right now during the start of the war, and we’ve already got more coming in”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support the claim about PrSM inventory depletion and resupply.
“A US Army spokesperson later said that a number of PrSM weapons remain in the military’s inventory”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm remaining PrSM inventory.
“The Pentagon had ordered 130 before the 2024 fiscal year and a further 250 in 2025”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to support Pentagon's 2024/2025 procurement numbers.
“The PrSM missile was likely used in the February 28 Lamerd strike, the New York Times reported early in the hostilities, citing visual evidence examined by weapons experts.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm NYT's report on PrSM use in Lamerd.
“The Pentagon denied its involvement, claiming it did not attack any targets in Lamerd on that day.”
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No evidence found in web search or Wikipedia to confirm Pentagon's denial of Lamerd involvement.
“The US Central Command pointed the finger at Tehran, claiming the munition visible in the footage of the attack was 'consistent with the dimensions and silhouette of an Iranian Hoveyzeh cruise missile.'”
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“The NYT, however, doubled down on its assessment last week, citing experts who said the munition lacked key features attributable to Hoveyzeh and looked like a PrSM.”
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