On Saturday, Iran fired long-range missiles in the Indian Ocean, with two landing within 100 miles of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier (CVN-68), according to U.S. military officials who spoke to Fox News on condition of anonymity. Iranian missiles also landed within 20 miles of a commercial vessel, the officials said.
U.S. satellites orbiting overhead reportedly tracked the missile launches from Iran. One official said, “we were expecting the missile launch,” but it was unclear how close Iran planned to land its missiles to nearby vessels.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News reported Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) launched several classes of long-range ballistic missiles on Saturday during weapons tests. The Iranian outlet claimed the missiles hit naval targets from a distance of 1,800 kilometers (about 1,118 miles).
The Nimitz has been kept in the northern Arabian Sea and in the Persian Gulf for months. The carrier has been in the region since July and was set to leave before acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller halted plans for the carrier to leave on Jan. 3, citing threats from Iran against the U.S. military and President Donald Trump.
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