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Iran Navy Missile Strike Video = 2016 U.S. Navy Live-Fire Drill

A widely-shared clip claiming to show Iranian missiles striking a U.S. warship was identified as 2016 U.S. Navy actual-warfare training footage. Misattribution was caught by early May.

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