Iran Targets US-UK Military Base On Diego Garcia With Ballistic Missiles

Iran has reportedly fired two intermediate- range ballistic missiles toward the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Neither missile hit its target, which was about about 2,500 miles (4,000km) away from the Islamic Republic’s territory.

The strike came not long after the UK agreed to allow the US to use both the Diego Garcia facility and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England for operations against Iran.

According to reports one failed mid-flight while another was intercepted by US naval defenses.

The missile launches were reported on Friday by The Wall Street Journal.

InfoWars reports: The New York Post reports that the missile launches have “worried experts who believe the rogue nation’s long-range missile capabilities have increased despite a reported self-ban on missiles that can go further than 1,200 miles.”

Days before he launched Operation Epic Fury, President Trump said Iran was developing missiles that could reach the US.

In his State of the Union address, he said of Iran, “They’ve already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they’re working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America.”

Diego Garcia, a British Indian Ocean Territory, is the largest island in the Chagos archipelago.

American bombers, nuclear submarines and guided-missile destroyers are based there.

B-1 Lancer bombers have now been moved to Diego Garcia, for strikes against Iran.

On Friday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave the US permission to launch strikes on Iran from Diego Garcia and from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England.

Starmer had previously denied US access to these bases, but now says they can be used for the “collective self-defense” of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil exports normally pass.