Great investigation that illustrates the vast range of death and destruction that strikes can cause depending on the munition(s) used.

Chris Osieck@chrisosieck.bsky.social · last mo.

In our latest @newlinesmag.bsky.social investigation, @baydoun.nl and I used site visits, spatial analysis, testimonies and interviews with military and legal experts to present an anatomy of five Israeli "precision strikes" in Lebanon.

NR Jenzen-Jones and I wrote a introductory guide to crater analysis, including estimating explosive charge size and firing direction. This includes a calculator to help estimate explosive charge size. armamentresearch.com/an-introduct...

An Introduction to Crater Analysis - Armament Research Services (ARES)

Trevor Ball & N.R. Jenzen-Jones Overview Explosive munitions often leave distinctive physical traces that can provide valuable evidence about the circumstances of an attack. Among the most informative...

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Remnants of a Storm Shadow cruise missile found after an alleged Saudi strike on Sanaa Airport in Yemen.

GBU-39 wing remnant next to an entry hole consistent with a GBU-39 bomb at a water infrastructure building. NYT identified this photo as being taken on the roof of one of two water infrastructure buildings damaged by alleged US strikes outside Bemani, Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...

Last night our @frontlinepbs.bsky.social documentary collaboration with @pbs.org , @washingtonpost.com and @evidentmedia.org covering Iran's nuclear programme won an Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Coverage: Long Form.

Unexploded Iranian anti-ship missile warhead (left) and a warhead intercepted by the US military in 2024 (right). www.dvidshub.net/image/819871...

Tomi McCluskey@tomi-mcc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

South Korea releases photos from investigation of the attack on the HMM cargo ship Namu (IMO: 1039292), which was struck by Iranian anti ship missiles on May 4th. Summary (Korean): www.newspim.com/news/view/20... @easybakeovensz.bsky.social @mercoglianos.bsky.social @covertshores.bsky.social

Footage analysed by Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique shows unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets found in northern Mali - Despite Mali being a state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) which prohibits their use. www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/...

Banned Russian Submunitions Found After Mali's Military Announces Airstrikes - bellingcat

Unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets have been found in northern Mali – despite the West African country being party to a convention that bans their use.

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Iranian media have published several images of US/Israeli cluster munition dispensers and submunitions reportedly deployed during the war.

New: Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations and law enforcement or Basij paramilitary group infrastructure which were damaged or destroyed in the first three weeks of the United States’ and Israel’s strikes on Iran www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...

“Make Iran Ungovernable” – Tracking Efforts To Destroy Iran’s Police Infrastructure - bellingcat

Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations or infrastructure related to law enforcement agencies and the Basij paramilitary group that has been damaged or destroyed in the first three weeks of the United States and Israel’s war against Iran. Experts told Bellingcat that both countries aim to degrade the Iranian regime’s “repressive capacity”. Combined, […]

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Breaking: Kinahan cartel leader Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in Dubai. It follows a Bellingcat investigation last month that traced him to an MMA event in Dubai - providing the first proof that the cartel's leadership was still in hiding in the UAE. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat

Daniel and Christy Kinahan have been photographed in Dubai, marking the most recent sighting of the wanted crime bosses since the US levied sanctions against the cartel.

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In the wake of the Iranian attacks on the UAE, the country’s attorney general warned that publication of images or videos of strikes was illegal. People were also encouraged to report anyone sharing photos or videos of the strikes to authorities. www.youtube.com/shorts/J04UK...

How the UAE Downplays the Impact of Iran War

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We're in a weird time with open source and commercial satellite imagery right now and Iran is under a 40-day internet blackout. As a workaround, @bellingcat.com has adapted Ollie Ballinger's remote sensing work to more easily find damaged areas in Iran: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat

Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .

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US has posted several photos showing jets equipped with dispensers that can dispense BLU-91/B mines, which Bellingcat previously identified in an Iranian village on March 26. These photos were taken on April 2, so it appears the US may be continuing to deploy these mines in Iran.

Not one, but two waves of bombings appear to have struck the area of an elementary school in Minab, Iran. Local media reports 175 people were killed, mostly children. In this video we explain how we analysed footage of the attack on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. youtu.be/yy9pzWul4mA

Video Analysis Shows Two Waves of Bombings in Iran Elementary School Strike

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Even with the two week delay in Planet imagery, can already start to see mass demolition of homes in southern Lebanon in PlanetScope imagery from March. Rab El Thalathine and Al-Aadaissah, both near the border, have seen widespread destruction when comparing imagery from March 3 and March 18.

Eman El-Sherbiny@emansh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Ayta Ash Shaab, a Lebanese southern border town sustained even more destruction since the the start of the war. Sentinel-2's January 4 image compared to March 17 this year

CENTCOM is contradicting BBC and NYT reporting that PrSM missiles hit Lamerd, Iran, killing 21 people. CENTCOM is claiming the video shows a Hoveyzeh missile, and is too long to be a PrSM. The shape, and dimensions aren't consistent with CENTCOM's claim.

Bellingcat, with @frontlinepbs.bsky.social, @washingtonpost.com and @evidentmedia.org, investigate the impact of the Israeli and US strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme, through on-the-ground access and open source analysis. 👇

FRONTLINE@frontlinepbs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One month into the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, what's the status of Iran's nuclear program? Watch an updated presentation of "Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question" starting tonight at 10/9c on PBS and online: https://to.pbs.org/45aC3xf

Might be temporary, but it appears that Google may now be censoring previously-high resolution satellite imagery over Ali Al Salem Air Base — the Kuwaiti base used by the U.S. that's been targeted by Iranian drone/missile attacks. Yandex and Apple sat imagery appears uncensored so far.

Videos of explosions have fueled misunderstanding and misinformation in the conflict with Iran, with munition types incorrectly identified amongst claims of “mystery” weapons. What can types of explosions really tell us? Read @easybakeovensz.bsky.social‘s latest: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Explosive Misinformation: A Guide to Mushroom Clouds, ‘Sonic Weapons’, and Disintegration - bellingcat

Explosives test in Canada. Source: Defence Research and Development Canada.

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Two new videos have emerged showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound, as well as an adjacent girls’ school, in Minab, Iran. By geolocating and verifying the footage, Bellingcat found two waves of attacks, occurring hours apart. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal More Details About Iran Girls' School Strike - bellingcat

Analysis suggests there were at least two waves of strikes carried out in the area around the IRGC complex and adjacent girls' school.

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The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village - bellingcat

US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, Iran.

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Munition remnants from a strike that killed 17 people in Tiné, Chad, on Wednesday, appear to match a model previously used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the war with Sudanese government forces – despite RSF denials of involvement in the incident.

A Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre on March 16 in Kabul killed at least 400 people and injured 250 others, according to Afghan officials. But online accounts claim that the strike targeted military infrastructure. Here's what open sources can tell us...

Looks like this is likely the first public video of the US LUCAS, a drone modeled after the Iranian Shahed, striking a target.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 6mo ago

US drone targets an Iraqi popular mobilization site in Iraq.

De Telegraaf, the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, recently published an interview with a woman promoting €1,600 seats on private evacuation flights from Dubai. Bellingcat found that her image was likely AI-generated, and flight data suggests no such plane took off. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat

A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.

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Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.

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Thank you to @slair.bsky.social and @bcfinucane.bsky.social for taking the time to provide their expertise for this piece.

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 6mo ago

Bellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. The missiles appear to be flying low across valleys and were most likely fired from the Mediterranean sea, an expert told us. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...

Bellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. The missiles appear to be flying low across valleys and were most likely fired from the Mediterranean sea, an expert told us. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...

Tracing Tomahawks: US Missiles Bound for Iran Spotted Over Iraq - bellingcat

Geolocated videos show Tomahawk missiles heading for targets in Iran.

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Trump's assertion here that the Tomahawk is "generic" and that "Iran has some Tomahawks" is absurd and a lie. The only party to this conflict that operates the Tomahawk is the United States. Read our analysis into the Tomahawk strike in Minab here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat

New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag...

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

RAJU: Footage shows an American missile likely destroyed the Iranian girls' school. Will the US accept any respons-- TRUMP: Well, I haven't seen it. I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is sold and used by other countries. Iran has some Tomahawks.

Images published by Iranian state media show remnants of a US Tomahawk missile at a girls’ school in Minab. It’s not possible to independently verify the provenance of the remnants from this imagery alone. But Bellingcat previously detailed how a Tomahawk missile hit a structure next to the school.

Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 6mo ago

New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.