A Pentagon investigation found that over-reliance on AI systems, outdated satellite imagery from seven years prior, and intelligence errors led to a missile strike on a school in Iran's Minab on February 28, killing over 150 people including at least 123 children, marking the deadliest U.S. military airstrike mistake of the 21st century.
A Pentagon review reveals that overreliance on Palantir's Maven AI targeting system, combined with outdated intelligence data and satellite imagery, contributed to a February strike on an Iranian elementary school in Minab that killed over 150 people, including at least 123 children. Pentagon personnel knew within hours of the strike that a school had been hit, but the incident remains officially under investigation with the full report not yet publicly released.