Washington, July 28 -- Iran on Tuesday launched multiple ballistic missiles toward US military forces in the Middle East, which the US Central Command (CENTCOM) described as an "attempted surprise attack."

In a post on X, CENTCOM stated that the US Air defence systems successfully intercepted all incoming projectiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

"At 5:45 p.m. ET today, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East. All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted," the post read.

CENTCOM added that the US forces remain "vigilant and at a high state of readiness."

Meanwhile, Axios reported that Ir...