Iran reportedly fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, indicating that it has missiles with longer range than earlier thought.
Neither of the missiles hit the base, which is 4,000 kilometers away from Iranian territory, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing multiple US officials.
One of the missiles failed in flight, and the other was intercepted by a SM-3 interceptor fired from a US warship, according to two of the people cited by WSJ.
The incident marks Iran's first operational use of IRBMs and a significant attempt to target areas far beyond the Middle East and threaten US interests.
