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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a sweeping “Fire-at-Will” directive to its air defence units, empowering them to immediately engage any aircraft violating Iranian airspace without prior approval from higher command.
In a stark escalation of rhetoric that underscores the increasingly combustible dynamics of the Middle East, Iran has issued a direct threat to launch long-range ballistic missile and kamikaze drone strikes against the U.S.-U.K. joint military base on Diego Garcia—a strategically pivotal outpost in the Indian Ocean—should Washington initiate military action against the Islamic Republic.
In a dramatic show of force projection and strategic signalling, a substantial contingent of U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and aerial refueling tankers has been tracked en route to Diego Garcia, the remote British-administered atoll in the Indian Ocean that has, for decades, served as a launchpad for America’s most consequential military operations across the Middle East and beyond.