Trump Iranian missile claim unsupported by US intelligence, say sources
- State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump began making his case to the American public for why the US could launch strikes against Iran
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran will soon have a missile that can hit the United States is not backed by US intelligence reports and appears to be exaggerated, according to three sources familiar with intelligence reports, casting doubt on part of his case for a possible attack on the Islamic Republic.
In his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump began making his case to the American public for why the US could launch strikes against Iran, saying Tehran was “working on missiles that will soon reach” the United States.
Trump lays out case for possible attack on Iran in State of the Union
But there have been no changes, two sources said, to an unclassified 2025 US Defence Intelligence Agency assessment that Iran could take until 2035 to develop a “militarily viable intercontinental ballistic missile” (ICBM) from its existing satellite-lofting space-launch vehicles (SLV).
The White House declined to comment.
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