War Secretary Hegseth Warns Iran Has Missiles That Can Strike London

Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that Iran can hit London with missiles, a global threat coming from Tehran that should have more U.S. allies concerned. Hegseth warned about two missiles that Iran fired at the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia.

The UK government confirmed that both missiles missed their targets, but this has made people even more worried about the threat Iran could pose to Britain itself. The Israeli military has previously claimed that Iranian missiles could achieve a range of around 4,000km, placing numerous countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa at risk.

Without explicitly naming Diego Garcia, Hegseth said: “Two days ago they [Iran] shot two failed missiles on a target 4,000km away. For years, they told the world that their missiles could only range [2,000] kilometres. Surprise. Yet again, Iran lie.”