LONDON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter confirms the U.S. has indications that four Russian cruise missiles crashed in Iran rather than Syria, suggesting there were malfunctions.
It’s the first public comment by a U.S. official on the cruise missile failures.
Carter is speaking at a press conference in London with British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. The British are part of the coalition striking Islamic State fighters in Iraq, but not doing strikes in Syria.
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As many as four of the 26 long-range cruise missiles that Russia said it fired at Syrian targets landed instead in Iran.
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