Sometimes, you miss.

According to “unnamed United States sources”, Russia missed — four times — only the misses weren’t just misses, they were missiles, launched from the Caspian Sea with intended targets in Syria.

Instead of landing in Syria, though, they landed in Iran. Not good.

While it’s still unclear whether or not the missiles did any damage, there’s a good chance they did because, for one, they’re not spitballs. They’re missiles. That explode. And two — they’re designed to cause damage. They’re one-trick ponies in that way. They don’t walk or run or survey or dance or laugh — they cause damage.

To no one’s surprise, Russia has yet to admit that they screwed up.

More from the BBC:

On Wednesday, Russia said it had launched 26 cruise missiles at targets in north and north-west Syria. It has reiterated comments made at the time that all reached their targets.

The news came as Nato renewed assurances to defend its allies in view of Russia’s “escalation” in Syria.

Nato is boosting its response forces to be able to deploy troops speedily.

The US officials provided no details of where the missiles might have landed.

However, Iran’s Irna news agency reported on Wednesday that an unknown flying object had crashed in the village of Ghozghapan in the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan, said to be under the missiles’ flight path.

Stay tuned to the blog for more information on this developing story.