UK defense chief calls Iran’s response ‘indiscriminate’ after missiles near Cyprus

UK Defense Secretary John Healey said on Sunday that two missiles fired from Iran traveled in the direction of Cyprus, where Britain has military bases, but he did not believe the projectiles were aimed at UK facilities.

“We are pretty sure they weren’t targeted at our bases,” Healey said in comments to British media.

He added that the incident showed “how indiscriminate” Iran’s retaliation against US-Israeli strikes is.

Healey also said 300 British military personnel were close to targets in Bahrain, where Iranian missiles struck, adding that “some of them were in several hundred yards of the missile strikes.”