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Iran Brings Europe into Range with Missiles Fired at Diego Garcia
(Wall Street Journal) Shelby Holliday - When Iranian missile crews launched two of their largest weapons at the U.S.-UK Diego Garcia military base 2,500 miles away, they revealed the Islamic Republic had longer-range missiles than many analysts had realized. The attack early Friday was Iran's first-ever use of intermediate-range ballistic missiles that fly far enough to hit much of Europe. As recently as last month, Iran's leaders were insisting they had limited their missile ranges to the equivalent of half the distance to Diego Garcia. By taking aim at Diego Garcia, Tehran has created a new security reality for Europe.