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Fears Iran as new details emerge
Current reporting indicates Iran's ballistic missile strike on a British military base in the Chagos Islands has now escalated fears that major European capitals are now within reach of another attack by the extremist regime - with London moving. Additional sourcing indicates A base in the Indian Ocean jointly operated by the US and the UK, on Friday night., Two ballistic missiles were fired towards Diego Garcia.
Iran's ballistic missile strike on a British military base in the Chagos Islands has now escalated fears that major European capitals are now within reach of another attack by the extremist regime - with London moving. Additional sourcing indicates A base in the Indian Ocean jointly operated by the US and the UK, on Friday night., Two ballistic missiles were fired towards Diego Garcia. The latest accounts show The significant escalation in hostilities came just hours following Keir Starmer gave the green light for Donald Trump to use UK-based bombers threatening the Straits of Hormuz. According to updated reporting While the other was intercepted by a US warship in what is believed to be the first ever strike on the military base., Sources reported that one of the missiles failed in flight. Additional sourcing indicates But defence experts have now suggested the incident is significant in that it marks the first time intermediate-range missiles have now been deployed in the conflict - ones that can cover far greater distances than Iranian. The latest accounts show Diego Garcia lies around 3,800km (2,360 miles) from Iran - undermining the regime's previous assertion that its ballistic missiles could only reach 2,000 km (1,240 miles).
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- Iran's ballistic missile strike on a British military base in the Chagos Islands has now escalated fears that major European capitals are now within reach of another attack by the extremist regime - with London moving.
- A base in the Indian Ocean jointly operated by the US and the UK, on Friday night., Two ballistic missiles were fired towards Diego Garcia.
- The significant escalation in hostilities came just hours following Keir Starmer gave the green light for Donald Trump to use UK-based bombers threatening the Straits of Hormuz.
- While the other was intercepted by a US warship in what is believed to be the first ever strike on the military base., Sources reported that one of the missiles failed in flight.
- But defence experts have now suggested the incident is significant in that it marks the first time intermediate-range missiles have now been deployed in the conflict - ones that can cover far greater distances than Iranian.
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- Daily Mail Online — Fears Iran missiles could hit Europe as Diego Garcia attacked