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U.S. forces intercept multiple Iranian missiles
The U.S. military announced Tuesday that it successfully intercepted an "attempted surprise attack" by Iran, saying Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.
Iran’s elite paramilitary forces tried to launch a surprise attack on U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East, only to see none of the missiles fired reach their intended targets.
What we know:
U.S. Central Command explained that Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired multiple missiles from Iranian soil at 5:45 p.m. ET, which is 1:45 a.m. in Iran, and all of them were "successfully intercepted."
"U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness," it added.
What we don't know:
The CENTCOM post did not indicate how many missiles were fired at U.S. targets, only that multiple were fired. The military also did not say where the missiles were headed or if multiple locations were fired upon.
There was no immediate response from Tehran to CENTCOM’s claim.
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The backstory:
The attempted surprise attack ended a multi-day pause in hostilities that ended nearly two weeks of nightly exchanges between the two nations. It also came on the same day as Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump in Washington.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from US Central Command. This story was reported from Orlando.