Peter Hitchens writes:
Can Iranian missiles reach London? You’d think so, from what was being said a week ago. But I thought I’d make some checks.
The claim was based on a report that the Ayatollahs had fired two rockets at the Anglo-American base in Diego Garcia. This implied that they had a range of 2,500 miles. If so, they could hit London.
But hang on. They never arrived in Diego Garcia. So how do we know they could get to London? One seems to have fallen into the sea. The other may have been shot down by a US warship, which the Pentagon refused to name when I called them to ask.
Yet in other recent incidents – including the sinking of an Iranian frigate and the 2024 shooting down of an Iranian missile – the ships were named.
Who told us about this event in the first place? The Wall Street Journal, which won’t object if I say it is well-known for its excellent CIA contacts.
Who was its source? Nobody was named, nor was it said where the source works. I’m not getting out the sandbags, for now.
You said this, there was only a threat to London if the bomb had reached Diego Garcia.
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