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Two Iranian ballistic missiles have been shot down in the last few hours when They were heading “to Cyprus”a member state of the European Union. This has been confirmed by the British Secretary of Defense, John Healey, who clarifies that “does not believe” that the island, itself, was the targetbut the United Kingdom military bases on its territory.
Healey has confirmed that British forces have not taken part in attacks against Iran within the context of the US and Israel’s ‘Epic Fury’ operations. The bombing campaigns have beheaded the regime with the deaths of several senior Iranian officials, including the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which he had led for 37 years.
However, UK troops did. are carrying out “active actions” in the face of Iranian retaliation, which has launched a bombing campaign against American and Israeli targets in the Middle East. Up to 300 British soldiers found themselves trapped under fire when Iran attacked with missiles and drones a base yesterday in Bahrain.
“Our bases, our personnel, both military and civilian, are at this moment at risk from a regime that is preparing increasingly indiscriminate, extensive and uncontrolled attacks,” Healey warned on the BBC. And although he assured that the British government was working to “de-escalate” the situation, he added that “no one will mourn Khamenei“.
Cyprus, for its part, has maintained active activity since last week the ESTIA Special National Plan due to “the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East.” Its objective is to “facilitate the safe evacuation of citizens from conflict zones in the broader Middle East region, using Cyprus as a transit point”.
How far do the missiles go?
Iran has the largest ballistic arsenal in the Middle East, with projectiles that can reach a distance of 2,000 kilometers. However, analysts cast doubt on US President Donald Trump’s claims that Tehran could be close to developing nuclear-capable intercontinental missiles.
The missile silos would be found near Tehran, according to information from the Office of the Director of National Security cited by the agency Reuters. The regime has built at least five “missile cities“underground in provinces such as Kermanshah and Semnan, as well as in sites in the Gulf region.
Trump threatens Iran with “unseen force.”
This implies that Iranian artillery threatens the entirety of Israel, but can also penetrate into the Mediterranean – reaching Cyprus, Crete or the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece – and into Eastern Europe, up to skim the Baltic countries.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) points out that the Israeli arsenal includes the Sejil, with a range of 2,000 km; he Mothers1,700 km; he Ghadr2,000 km; he Shahab-31,300 km; he Khorramshahr2,000 km; and the Hoveyzehfrom 1,350 km.
Visual comparison of the operational range and payload capacity of Iran’s main missiles
The Iranian agency ISNA published a graph in April 2025 showing nine Iranian missiles with the ability to reach Israel and other countries at a distance. Among them was the Sejil, which the agency said could reach speeds of more than 17,000 km per hour with a range of even 2,500 km. He added the Kheibarwith a range of 2,000 km, and the Haj Qasemfrom 1,400 km.
He think tank Arms Control Association added among its estimates the Shahab-1with an estimated range of 300 km, and the Zolfaghar700 km. A new model of the Sejil would also be in development, with a range of between 1,500 and 2,500 km.
Tehran already attacked Israel during the 12-day war last June 2025, killing dozens of people and destroying buildings. According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Israeli response “probably destroyed around a third of Iranian missile launchers“during the conflict.
According to a 2023 report by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (USA), Iran continues to develop underground missile depots equipped with transport and launch systemsas well as production and storage centers. In 2020, Iran claimed to have launched for the first time un ballistic missile from underground facilities.
“The work of years in missile reverse engineering and the production of various kinds of rockets have also taught Iran how to lengthen fuselages and build them with lighter composite materials to increase their range,” the report noted.
In June 2023, Iran presented what authorities described as its first nationally manufactured hypersonic ballistic missilereported the official IRNA agency. Hypersonic missiles can exceed five times the speed of sound and continue complex trajectories with course changeswhich makes them difficult to intercept.
Arms Control Association says Iranian missile program is largely based on designs North Koreans and Russiansand has benefited from Chinese assistance. Iran also has cruise missiles like the Kh-55an air-launched weapon capable of carrying a nuclear charge and with a range of up to 3,000 km.
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