Tim Gallaudet
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@GallaudetTim
CEO, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC / Explorer's Cub Fellow / Former Deputy / Acting NOAA Administrator (2017-2021) Former Oceanographer of the Navy (2014-2017)
According to the Wall Street Journal, citing multiple U.S. officials, Iran has targeted the joint U.S.-UK base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM). According to the report, one missile failed in flight whilst the other was engaged by a U.S. destroyer utilizing an SM-3 interceptor, but a successful interception was not confirmed. None of the missiles hit the base. This is notable as Iranian long-range precision fires have not previously been publicly assessed as having the range to hit such a target as Diego Garcia, as the base is some 4,000 kilometers from Iran proper.
The threat of an intercontinental ballistic missile from Iran is real. We can’t allow Iran’s regime to use the flimsy cover of a “space program” to build a weapon that can hit us here at home.
Colossal coral in the Mariana Islands is the largest of its kind! @NOAA scientists recently took the first approximate measurements of the coral, during the 2025 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program surveys. oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/mar26/col… @NOAAFish_PIFSC @NOAAFisheries @NOAACoral
USS Abraham Lincoln continues flight operations day and night during Operation Epic Fury. Sailing close to Iran, Lincoln and its embarked carrier air wing are executing back-to-back waves of strikes.
