Long-range missiles from Iran landed 100 miles from the Nimitz aircraftcarrier strike group belonging to the United States, Fox News has reported.

The missiles allegedly landed 20 miles from a commercial vessel in theIndian Ocean on Saturday, the network reportedlinkcitingunnamed US officials.

“At least two Iranian ballistic missiles exploded on impact when they hitthe ocean, sending shards of debris in all directions,” claimed the report.link.link

One official claimed that, “we were expecting the missile launch.”

Iran’s home-grown ballistic missiles destroyed mock enemy warships withpin-point accuracy hundreds of kilometers away in the northern Indian Oceanas the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) conducted massive militarydrills on Friday and Saturday.

During the second and last stage of the drills, codenamed the Great Prophet15, the IRGC’s missiles detected and destroyed targets sailing 1,800kilometers away.

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The IRGC units launched a barrage of surface-to-surface ballistic missilesas well as operations by offensive bomber drones on Friday.

Iran has time and again asserted that it stands ready to defend itsinterests in the region against aggression from the US or its allies.

Tensions remain high in the region during the last days of US PresidentDonald Trump and his anti-Iran administration.

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