India, March 21 -- Iran reportedly fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, indicating that it has missiles with longer range than earlier thought.

If confirmed, this would mark Iran's first operational use of IRBMs and a significant attempt to target areas far beyond the Middle East and threaten US interests.

Neither of the missiles hit the base, Wall Street Journal reported, citing multiple US officials. Track latest in Iran-US war here

One of the missiles failed in flight, and the other was intercepted by a SM-3 interceptor fired from a US warship, according to two of the people cited by WSJ. It couldn't be determined if an interception was made, ...