US Military Strikes Iranian Surface-to-Surface Missile Factory

U.S. Central Command also says the United States has continued to hit targets ‘deep inside’ Iran.

People stand next to an Iranian missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, on March 4, 2026. Amjad Kurdo/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. military said on March 19 that it destroyed a ballistic missile factory being used to threaten commercial shipping in the Middle East.

“Prior to Operation Epic Fury, the Iranian regime used the Karaj Surface-to-Surface Missile Plant to assemble ballistic missiles that threatened Americans, neighboring countries, and commercial shipping,” U.S. Central Command said in a post on social media.