Diego Garcia, a British Indian Ocean Territory and the most important of the islands within the Chagos Archipelago on July 02, 2013 in Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
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Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia however did now not hit the U.S.-U.Okay. army base within the Indian Ocean, the Wall Side road Magazine reported, mentioning a couple of U.S. officers.
One of the most missiles failed in flight, whilst a U.S. warship fired an SM-3 interceptor on the different, even if it might now not be decided if the interception succeeded, the newspaper stated on Friday. The Magazine didn’t specify when the missiles had been fired.
A spokesperson for the U.Okay. Ministry of Defence informed CNBC it was once getting ready a remark.
The White Area and the British embassy in Washington didn’t straight away reply to Reuters’ requests for remark.
The reported assault marked Iran’s first operational use of intermediate-range ballistic missiles and a vital strive to succeed in a long way past the Heart East and threaten U.S. pursuits, the Wall Side road Magazine stated.
The U.Okay. agreed in May 2025 at hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, the place the Diego Garcia base is positioned, to Mauritius, which has long-disputed the U.Okay.’s acquisition and possession of the archipelago within the Indian Ocean.
U.S. President Donald Trump has many times criticized the U.Okay.’s plan.
