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Military accidents and incidents iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. A text version, "Military Accidents and Incidents Iceberg" by ExceptionalBadger, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 1,019 views as of 29 October 2026.[1]

The IcebergThreads author describes it as: "A list of friendly fire instances, atrocities, accidents, failed missions, strange events and unsolved misteries related to military acctions from around the world, still in progress"

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

Tiers[edit]

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version[1]. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier I[edit]

  • The Nord-Ost Siege
  • Switzerland Invasions of Liechtenstein
  • Battle of Los Angeles
  • Operation Wikinger
  • Operation Eagle Claw
  • The Skirmishes of USS William D. Porter
  • Operation Market Garden
  • Flight 19
  • Kursk Submarine Disaster
  • 2021 Evacuation of Kabul
  • Shotdown of IranAir Flight 655
  • Shark Attacks of USS Indianapolis
  • Palomares Incident
  • Sinking of the USS Scorpion
  • & USS Thresher
  • The 38 Minute War
  • Shotdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007
  • Potomac River Mid-air Collision
  • USS Forestal Fire

Tier II[edit]

  • Exercise Tiger
  • Operation Red Wings
  • San Diego Tank Rampage
  • War of The Stray Dog
  • Colision of USS Frank E. Evans
  • Disaster of ARA San Juan
  • Irradiation of Daigo Fukuryū Maru
  • GC-23 Naiguatá vs. The Resolute
  • Death of Pat Tillman
  • Shotdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
  • Cavalese Cable Car Disaster
  • USS Enterprise Fire
  • Shotdown of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
  • Russian Baltic Fleet Expedition
  • The Crocodiles of Ramree Island
  • Nedelin Catastrophe

Tier III[edit]

  • The Lost Sandringham Regiment
  • Green Ramp Disaster
  • USS Greeneville-Ehime Maru Collision
  • Ribbon Creek Incident
  • 1994 Mull of Kintyre Crash
  • Operation Freshman
  • Death of Jason Rother
  • Battle of Barking Creek
  • Shotdown of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
  • 1994 Black Hawk Shootdown Incident
  • Operation Cottage
  • Accident of HMS Nottingham
  • Konarak Vessel Incident
  • USS San Francisco Collision
  • Chatham Bus Disaster
  • Operation Husky
  • Umm Hajul Incident
  • Yangju Highway Incident

Tier IV[edit]

  • Mayagüez Incident
  • Operation Mikado
  • USS Iowa Turret Explosion
  • Lagos Arsenal Explosion
  • The incidents of Submarine K-429
  • Tachikawa Air Disaster
  • 1965 Searcy Missile Silo Fire
  • Incident of HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant
  • 1997 An-124 Irkutsk Crash
  • Fire of Submarine K-8
  • Indian Air Force Flight K-2743
  • RAF Nimrod XV230 Onboard Fire
  • Hammelburg Raid
  • Death of Italo Balbo
  • Battle of Germantown
  • Sinking of SM U-7
  • Tarnak Farm incident

Tier V[edit]

  • Battle of May Island
  • Fire of K-278 Komsomolets
  • The Missing Nanjing Battalion
  • Damascus Titan Missile Explosion
  • Bus 174 Highjacking
  • INS Sindhurakshak Explosion
  • Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur Crash
  • Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash
  • Mount Kenya Escape
  • Helge Ingstad Collision
  • Battle of Karánsebes
  • EgyptAir Flight 648 Rescue Attempt
  • Real Carlos vs. San Hermenegildo
  • HMS Southampton Skirmish at Heligoland Bight

Tier VI[edit]

  • Korean Air Lines Flight 902
  • Tian Mingjian incident
  • Submarine K-152 Nerpa Incident
  • 1975 Tan Son Nhut Tragedy
  • Grand Köpenick Coup
  • Bombing of Plaza de Mayo
  • Chilean Air Force C-212 crash
  • Hakkōda Mountains Disaster
  • 2005 Nias Island Sea King Crash
  • Operation Niki
  • Kurkse Tragedy

Tier VII[edit]

  • Vozrozhdeniya Island Smallpox Leak
  • Niihau Incident
  • Brazzaville Arms Dump Blasts
  • Rescue of Giuliana Sgrena
  • Thule Affair
  • Salang Tunnel Fire
  • Bahawalpur C-130 Crash
  • Bulo Marer Hostage Rescue
  • Egyptian Raid on the Larnaca Airport
  • 1970 Baneberry Test
  • 1950 No. 77 Squad. RAAF Train Disaster

Tier VIII[edit]

  • Falklands War Torpedoed Whales
  • 1956 B-47 Disappearance
  • Andreev Bay Nuclear Disaster
  • Nyonoksa Radiation Accident
  • Battle of the Porpoises
  • Dogger Bank Incident
  • The Béryl Test
  • Nangpa La Pass Shooting
  • Beslan Tragedy
  • 1986 IAF An-32 Disappearance
  • Szczecin Parade Accident

Tier IX[edit]

  • Aeroflot Flight 902
  • 1959 Okinawa F-100 Super Sabre School Crash
  • USS Liberty Attack
  • 1986 Night of the UFO's
  • Tehran UFO incident [1976]
  • Arequipa UFO Shooting
  • The Imber Incident

See also[edit]

Sources[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ExceptionalBadger. Military Accidents and Incidents Iceberg. IcebergThreads. 21 July 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
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