Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:54am on 21 Mar 2026,Saturday International
Iran fired two ballistic missiles at a joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, marking a possible expansion of the war into the Indian Ocean. US officials told The Wall Street Journal that neither missile hit the target. One failed mid-air. The other was intercepted by a US warship. The base is about 4,000 km from Iran, showing extended strike range. Congress MP Manish Tewari said, “Iran has just widened the war.” The Pentagon has not confirmed the report. The base is a key hub for US-UK operations. (PC: NDTV)
