Middle East: US Military Apparently Intercepts Missiles from Iran
For days there were no mutual attacks. Now the US military reports that several ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward the base in Jordan have been intercepted.
The US military says it has repelled an Iranian attack involving several ballistic missiles targeting US troops in the Middle East. "All Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted," the US regional command Centcom stated on the platform X. The intended target of the attack was not named.
According to information from US news portal "Axios," the missiles were headed toward a US base in Jordan. According to Centcom, Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired the missiles despite the temporary halt to US strikes.
US President Donald Trump said he had stopped the strikes on Iran in order to give ongoing negotiations with Tehran another chance. "We are in very deep negotiations with Iran," he told "Axios."
Prior to this, the US military had been striking targets in Iran every night for nearly two weeks. However, the sudden halt to strikes may also have another reason: according to information from television network CNN, US Vice President JD Vance and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine had expressed concern about an escalation of the conflict.
Among other things, Caine had pointed to dwindling US ammunition reserves, according to sources familiar with the matter. According to the "New York Times," this concerns primarily air defense ammunition such as Patriot missiles.
