Iran fired two ballistic missiles at a joint US-UK military base, Diego Garcia, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday night, citing multiple US officials. 

One of the missiles failed in flight, and a US warship fired an interception at the other. At this time, it has not been determined if an interception was made, but neither missile hit the base, officials told WSJ. 

Diego Garcia is located about 4,000 kilometers from Iran, double the 2,000-kilometer range that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran’s ballistic missiles had last month. 

According to a report published by Israel’s Alma Research and Education Center at the start of the war, Iran’s missile inventory primarily consists of short-range ballistic missiles, which reach up to 1,000 kilometers, and medium-range ballistic missiles, which can reach as far as 3,000 kilometers.

However, the Center added that “according to various reports, long-range ballistic missiles are currently in advanced stages of development.”

Note that during the negotiations with Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister claimed that Iran only had missiles with a 2,000 kilometer range. What else was he lying about?

If we had waited to attack Iran until after they had developed long-range missiles, the world would have been blackmailed by Iran. A country constantly yelling “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” would have been a worldwide threat if they had nuclear missiles and the capability to deliver them. Thank God for a President with the courage to attack them when he did–time was running out.