Iran Fires IRBMs at Diego Garcia, Revealing Missile Range Far Beyond Previous IC Assessments

Iran launched two IRBMs at the US-UK base on Diego Garcia, approximately 4,000km from Iranian territory, double the 2,000km range that Iranian officials had previously claimed and that IC assessments appeared to credit. One missile malfunctioned in flight; the other was intercepted. The strike exposed an intelligence gap on Iranian ballistic missile capabilities and has immediate implications for force protection assessments across CENTCOM and INDOPACOM.