Iran Shows Off Its Ballistic Missile Reach.

Iran just launched two intermediate ballistic missiles the other day that nearly hit the UK base in Diego Garcia about 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean. One broke up in mid-flight and the other was shot down by a U.S. warship, according to a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity. The official added that the launch had surprised the United States because of its range.


One of our major overseas naval bases in Naples, Italy, as well as Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, are within that range, not to mention all of our military bases in the Middle East.

It is merely a matter of time before Iran will have intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland - unless their military capability to achieve that is destroyed and not allowed to be reconstituted.