President Trump Is Proven RIGHT After Iran Launches Missile That Had The Distance To Hit Europe

President Trump was just proven right, big time.

In recent weeks, both liberal and conservative podcasters have claimed that Iran’s ballistic missiles posed no threats outside of the Middle East, but their missile attack on Saturday proved otherwise.

On Saturday, Iran launched two ballistic missiles towards Diego Garcia, a strategic U.S. and U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean.

The Iranian missiles were unsuccessful in hitting the base, but that launch was a major surprise.

Fox News explained why:

The Islamic Republic of Iran significantly escalated its war effort against the U.S. with its launch of two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on Friday toward Diego Garcia, a key U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean.

The targeting of Diego Garcia, roughly 2,500 miles from Iran, means Tehran’s missile capabilities appear to have exceeded previously acknowledged limits.

In the period leading up to Operation Epic Fury Feb. 28, Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed, “We intentionally kept the range of our missiles below 2,000 kilometers so we don’t have that capability. And we don’t want to do that because we do not have hostility against the United States people and all Europeans.”

On Saturday, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said, “Just yesterday, Iran launched a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 4,000 kilometers [2,500 miles] toward an American target on the island of Diego Garcia. These missiles were not intended to hit Israel. Their range reaches the capitals of Europe — Berlin, Paris and Rome are all within direct threat range.”

IDF spokesman Nadav Shoshani blasted the alleged Iranian deception on X, writing, “Just 3 days before the war, the Iranian regime said they don’t obtain long-range missiles. Today, their lies were exposed once again, when missiles were fired 4000km away from Iran. They hoped to lie their way into becoming a force that can terrorize the world. We didn’t buy it.”

Jason Brodsky, the policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), told Fox News Digital, “The Trump administration, in citing Iran’s missile threat as a rationale for Operation Epic Fury, was therefore justified in its decision to undertake military action as Iran has consistently refused to negotiate over its missile program.

Israel is far from perfect, but now everyone sees what Iran would do with more advanced weaponry. They are attacking Arab nations like a rabid dog. They had missiles that could reach Europe. They lied about everything.

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) March 22, 2026

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇬🇧 Iran just proved its missiles can reach far beyond the Middle East

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

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 21, 2026

The Times of Israel has reported that the U.K. has since responded to the close call:

A British nuclear-powered submarine equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles has taken position in the Arabian Sea, giving Britain the capability to launch long-range strikes if regional conflict escalates, the Daily Mail reports.

Reuters cannot immediately verify the report. The British Ministry of Defense does not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

HMS Anson, armed with Tomahawk Block IV missiles and Spearfish torpedoes, left Perth earlier this month and travelled roughly 5,500 miles to the region, the Daily Mail says.

The submarine surfaces periodically to communicate with the UK’s Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood, where any launch order would be authorized by the prime minister and conveyed by the chief of joint operations, the report adds.

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