Iran just lately fired two ballistic missiles in the direction of the joint US-UK navy base at Diego Garcia within the Indian Ocean, The Wall Avenue Journal reported Friday, citing US officers.
Neither missile hit the goal, which is round 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iranian territory, however the launch means that Tehran has missiles with longer ranges than beforehand thought, the report stated.
The Pentagon didn’t instantly reply to an AFP request for remark.
One of many missiles failed in flight, and the opposite was focused by an interceptor fired from a US warship, though it was not clear if the missile was hit, The Journal reported.
Diego Garcia within the Chagos Islands is one among two bases Britain is permitting the US to make use of for “defensive” operations in Iran.
American forces have stationed bombers and different gear on the base, a key hub for Asia operations, together with the US bombing campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Britain has agreed handy again the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after holding it because the Nineteen Sixties, and maintains a lease for the bottom on Diego Garcia, the most important of the islands.
