Missile
Missile event in British Indian Ocean Territory on Sat 21st March 2026
21st March 2026
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Iran
fired two ballistic missiles at the U.S.-U.K. military base Diego
Garcia in the Indian Ocean, the semi-official Mehr news agency
reported on Saturday.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Iran had launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward the base but that they did not hit it.
Mehr said targeting the base was a "significant step ... that shows
that the range of Iran's missiles is beyond what the enemy previously
imagined".
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