Tehran, 21 March (H.S.):

Iran targeted the joint US-UK military base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean with two medium-range ballistic missiles Friday that failed to penetrate defenses causing no damage according to reports.

Iran International citing Wall Street Journal said one missile malfunctioned mid-flight while US SM-3 systems intercepted the second neither striking the facility roughly 3795 to 4118 km from Iran exceeding known Iranian missile ranges.

The remote Chagos Archipelago island holds immense strategic value straddling Africa Middle East and Asia hosting US bombers naval assets and long-range strike capabilities primarily operated by America pivotal in past Gulf and Iraq wars and now central to Iran conflict operations.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar