Iran unsuccessfully targets UK-US Diego Garcia base, shows its missiles can reach Western Europe

Iran was “unsuccessful” in targeting the joint UK-US Indian Ocean military base at Diego Garcia, a UK official source confirmed on Saturday, a day after the Wall Street Journal reported Tehran fired two ballistic missiles at the base but failed to hit it. The Iranian attack on the Diego Garcia air base — located about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran — indicated Tehran has in its stockpile missiles that can travel much further than it had previously acknowledged. Missiles of that range would put most of Western Europe in range of Iran’s missile arsenal. Iran has until now said...