Promoted by its manufacturer as the next generation of ballistic rocketry, Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile has drawn billions in U.S. military funding to modernize American weapons.
However, a closer look at what’s thought to be its first use in combat, on the first day of the Iran war, underscores the grave risks of firing the long-range munition near populated areas, where it appears to disperse a cloud of deadly shrapnel across broad distances.
