Iran fired missiles at astonishing 2,500 miles away – proving they can now hit as far as Europe.
Failing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer – who is ‘no Winston Churchill’ – has had a tough time with the relentless criticism from US President Donald J. Trump, over his refusal to help the ‘special ally’ in the military operation in Iran.
Starmer’s initial reluctance was followed by a narrow authorization for defensive-only flights.
Finally, in what British press termed as ‘a shift’, ‘reversal’, or the ‘mother of all U-turns’, Starmer relented and authorized the use British bases, including Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford, for strikes on Iranian missile sites ‘targeting the Strait of Hormuz’.
While the exact timeline is difficult to ascertain in open intel, within a few hours of Starmer’s new announcement, Iran fired two medium-range ballistic missiles at the British-US Diego Garcia base in the Chagos Islands.
WOW. President Trump has just been proven right AGAIN on the world stage — Iran just proved they can fire missiles WAY BEYOND the Middle East
“2,500 miles away — previously, Iran said their missiles go only 1,300 miles!”
They fired at the US-UK base on Diego Garcia in the… pic.twitter.com/pvLX8e0rbr
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 21, 2026
The Telegraph reported:
“Neither of the missiles hit their target, with one believed to have been intercepted by a US warship’s SM-3 interceptor and the other failing in flight, according to The Wall Street Journal.
It is the first confirmed use of intermediate-range ballistic missiles by Tehran – launched from some 2,400 miles away – and marks a significant escalation of the war.”
— WORLD NEWS (@_MAGA_NEWS_) March 21, 2026
“The Khorramshahr-4, a 20-tonne rocket that can carry up to 80 cluster munitions, is likely to be the model that was fired towards the Indian Ocean territory.
It is thought that the Khorramshahr-4, with a lighter warhead, could hit targets up to 2,400 miles away – putting Britain and Europe at risk of strikes.”
‘A direct attack upon the UK.’
Nile Gardiner believes that Britain should directly join the US and Israeli action against the Iranian Regime, and says there has to be a military response, as Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia. pic.twitter.com/kNLRF86b0g
— GB News (@GBNEWS) March 21, 2026
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