India, March 27 -- A shelter-in-place order was reportedly issued for Peterson Space Force Base on Thursday amid reports of a person threatening to carry out a shooting there. A message from the base in Colorado Springs was shared on Facebook.

"SHELTER IN PLACE has been directed for Peterson SFB due to a potential threat to the installation and all gates have been closed. All personnel report to a designated basement or ground floor Shelter-in-Place location," the message read.

SFB hosts Space Base Delta 1, NORAD, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Space Command. It is critical for space operations and missile warning. The threat at the base comes amid the Iran war where the US along with Israel took out Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. ...