US Forces Intercept Iranian Ballistic Missiles and Drones Over Gulf
💥 CENTCOM — Ballistic missiles now, not just drones. Iran raised the ceiling. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Previous exchanges involved drones and coastal radar strikes. Ballistic missiles toward Hormuz and the Gulf mark a qualitative escalation in Iran's kinetic toolkit — harder to intercept, faster, and politically harder to absorb without a proportional response. Each confirmed intercept raises IRGC's internal justification for the MOU remaining unsigned.