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Mike Rounds: “This particular missile was designed to hit Diego Garcia…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Joins Bloomberg to Talk Iran and the SAVE America Act

Published | Video Starts at 03:15

It points out what we knew to begin with, which is Iran was continuing to develop its missile delivery system. Its space operations were simply a front for developing more capable intercontinental ballistic missiles. This particular missile was designed to hit Diego Garcia, which is well over 2,500 miles away from, from Iran. And look, this is what, what the President said in the first place. He is correct. They were creating systems. (03:15–03:24)

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Asserts that Iran has developed a missile capable of reaching Diego Garcia, over 2,500 miles away.

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