NEW DELHI: The cross-firing of missiles in the Gulf region between Iran and Israel-US reached India’s backyard when two ballistic missiles were launched by Tehran towards Diego Garcia, a strategically important joint US-UK base, in the Indian Ocean.
The Iranian missiles, aimed at the military facility roughly 4,000 km away, however, did not hit the base: one reportedly failed mid-flight while the other was engaged by a US naval interceptor, though it remains unclear whether it was successfully destroyed, said foreign agencies quoting UK officials. The Pentagon declined to comment.
