Missiles Over the Indian Ocean: 7 Observations on Iran's March 20 Attempt on Diego Garcia
What the longest-range use of ballistic missiles in combat to date tells us. And what it doesn't.
On Friday, the ongoing U.S.-Israel war on Iran took another turn: two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were launched by Iran’s IRGC Aerospace Force at the joint U.S.-UK base at Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean facility some ~3,800 km from the nearest Iranian shores. Neither missile successfully arrived on target, but this event nonetheless marks …