A damaged car sits beside a wall bearing numerous impact marks near the site of a strike in Lamerd, southern Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Alireza Ameri/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
\n\nA man examines the impact site of a projectile following a strike in Lamerd, southern Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Alireza Ameri/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
\n\nA boy injured in a strike receives treatment at a hospital in Lamerd, southern Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Alireza Ameri/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
\n\nA fire truck’s lights reveal a road damaged by a strike in Lamerd, southern Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(Alireza Ameri/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
\n\nSmoke rises from a building damaged in a strike in Lamerd, southern Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Alireza Ameri/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
\n\nIt has been touted by the manufacturer as the ballistic missile of the future: lethal, long-range and pinpoint. Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile has the U.S. military investing billions to update its arsenal.
\n\nBut a close look at what is believed to be its first use in combat — on the first day of the Iran war — highlights the potential peril of deploying this weapon near population centers because it…
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