Iran fires missiles at US-UK base 4,000 km away, had claimed its missiles can travel only 2,000 km
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Arshiya Chopra /
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Saturday, 21 March, 2026 Iran fired two ballistic missiles toward a US-UK base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean that's around 4,000 km away, raising questions on the country's undeclared capabilities. Iran has publicly maintained that its ballistic missiles are capped at 2,000 km. "That shows that the range of Iran's missiles is beyond what the enemy previously imagined," Iranian media stated.