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Iran precocious fired 2 ballistic missiles toward the associated U.S.-U.K. subject basal astatine Diego Garcia successful the Indian Ocean, The Wall Street Journal reported connected Friday (March 20, 2026), citing U.S. officials.
Neither rocket deed the target, which is astir 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iranian territory, but the motorboat suggests that Tehran has missiles with longer ranges than antecedently thought, the study said.
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The Pentagon declined to comment.
One of the missiles failed successful flight, and the different was targeted by an interceptor fired from a U.S. warship, though it was not wide if the rocket was hit, The Journal reported.
Diego Garcia successful the Chagos Islands is 1 of 2 bases Britain is allowing the United States to usage for “defensive” operations successful Iran.
American forces person stationed bombers and different instrumentality astatine the base, a cardinal hub for Asia operations, including the U.S. bombing campaigns successful Afghanistan and Iraq.
Britain has agreed to manus backmost the Chagos Islands to Mauritius aft holding it since the 1960s, and maintains a lease for the basal connected Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.
U.S. President Donald Trump has slammed the decision.
