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Tehran claimed the strike demonstrated capabilities for long-distance attacks, with Diego Garcia the same distance from Iran as much of central Europe.

Iran has fired missiles at the joint U.K.-U.S. Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, claiming the strike shows it is capable of longer-distance attacks than previously known.

Tehran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the base in the Chagos Islands, a remote British overseas territory located more than 2,000 miles from Tehran, Iran’s semiofficial Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. Neither missile hit the base, it added, though neither Iran nor the U.K. specified how close the missiles came to Diego Garcia.

The distance of the attempted strike could indicate that Iran has capabilities for long-distance attacks that it has previously denied, with the base the same distance from Iran as much of central Europe. It is unclear, however, if the missiles carried a payload or how far such an attack could truly reach, as neither missile reached its target.

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[–] GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago

Claimed or displayed?

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

Good. The only way to stop this kind of war is for the other sides to be able to defend themselves.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

I don’t see a statement from Iran claiming responsibility for the attack

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Didn't Iran denied that they shot that missile raher than acknowledging it? Did they chaged their mind?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like an Israeli false flag

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You think? I didn't downvote, I'm curious and not dismissing your contention. What makes you think that?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Their nonstop terrorist actions and history of false flag attacks. They’ve displaced 1 million people in Lebanon and are bombing neighborhoods and killing families to steal land under the cover of this war. Israel’s main objective is imperialist expansion and power. They are a country of 10 million so they need the western powers to fight any larger countries that oppose their capture of the Middle East. While all this chaos has been going on they have been escalating their land annexation and murdering of the indigenous. The false flag attacks are their way to force western countries into wars for their objectives. It’s the same reason they had Epstein traffic children to the politicians all around the west and why they bribe politicians to force the west into working towards their objectives.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

the missile that his Cyprus could also have been false flag. was initially attributed to Iran. Now it is just not mentioned.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

NBC is garbage. So are the rest of the broadcast networks to different degrees. Abc news was ok-ish 6 years back, not sure now. If you want the truth, Democracy Now, PBS to a very lesser extent.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

ABC paid Trump in a lawsuit so they are garbage as well

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

orange turd may use this as an excuse to be a bigger turd