President Donald Trump has been vindicated after Iran fired missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-UK base in the Indian Ocean about 4,000 kilometers away. Iran previously lied about having access to missiles that could travel over 2,000 kilometers.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the missiles didn’t hit the base but showed that Iran can strike targets further away than previously anticipated.
In February, Iran claimed that its missiles could only reach 2,000 kilometers away. Leftists have claimed that Iran wasn’t a real threat to the U.S. or our allies, but this news shows that Iran could strike a much wider range of targets than previously thought.
"#Iran’s targeting of Diego Garcia, about 4,000 kilometers from Iran, implies its missiles have a greater range than Tehran has previously acknowledged. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said last month that Iran has deliberately limited the range of its missiles to 2,000…
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) March 21, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump just scored total vindication on the world stage as it has been CONFIRMED Iran is capable of deploying ballistic missiles at Berlin, Paris, Rome and other parts of Europe
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 21, 2026
The Diego Garcia attack proved it.
TRUMP KNEW pic.twitter.com/k9wKMCBSb6
The news also means that former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who resigned last week, was incredibly wrong when he said that Iran posed no threat to the U.S.
Speaks for itself:
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) March 21, 2026
Feb. 25, 2026: “We are not developing long-range missiles… we have limited the range below 2,000 kilometers” — Iran’s FM Araghchi (IRNA).
March 20, 2026: Iran fires missiles at Diego Garcia—ranging 4,000 kilometers (WSJ). ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/F4ncRLSGq3
Iran just fired missiles at Diego Garcia - 2,361 miles from Tehran.
— David Collier (@mishtal) March 21, 2026
They were not supposed to have this range.
Surprise, surprise, Iran lied!
Tehran to London 2750 miles
Tehran to Paris 2610 miles
Tehran to Berlin 2200 miles
So yeah, tell me again how Iran is not a threat pic.twitter.com/HRrJhy9mCa
Iran fired 2 ballistic missiles at the joint U.S.-UK base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean which is 2,485 miles (4,000 km).
— Doug Billings (@DougBillings) March 21, 2026
According to the report, one missile failed in flight and the other was engaged by a U.S. destroyer utilizing an SM-3 interceptor, but a successful… pic.twitter.com/pX029nVeVE
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧 Iran just proved its missiles can reach far beyond the Middle East
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 21, 2026
Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-UK military base sitting 4,000 kilometers away in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Neither hit the base, but the message… https://t.co/AbmlHLKs0W pic.twitter.com/liRzLNFEGg
If the Diego Garcia strike report is accurate, then one of the central assumptions about Iran’s missile program has just collapsed. For years, the accepted ceiling was around 2,000 kilometers. A ballistic missile reaching Diego Garcia suggests something in the neighborhood of… pic.twitter.com/MxD16567NM
— Nawaf Al-Thani نواف بن مبارك آل ثاني (@NawafAlThani) March 21, 2026
Iran said its missiles stopped at 2,000 km. Then it fired at Diego Garcia — 4,000 km away.
— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) March 21, 2026
That has exposed what many warned for years. Tehran was advancing rapidly toward nuclear-carrying ICBMs that directly threaten the American homeland.
Remember when Netanyahu warned the Europeans that Iran held the capabilities to strike them at home and was dismissed as a warmonger?
— Yoni Michanie (@YoniMichanie) March 21, 2026
Now we know. https://t.co/sJJy0rIrTk
Iran attempted to strike Diego Garcia, located 3,800km from its shores, revealing it possesses intermediate-range missiles capable of reaching much, or even all, of Europe. Thread on what we know about Iran's long-range missile capabilities. 1/18
— Fabian Hinz (@fab_hinz) March 21, 2026
Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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