Trump says Iran could ‘take out’ LA. Its missiles can’t reach that far.
Source: Business Insider ·
Iran lacks a nuclear program to build weapons capable of reaching California, proliferation watchers say, despite Trump's talk about LA and San Diego.
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A US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber is pictured at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, following the Operation Midnight Hammer Iranian bombing raid, June 22, 2025.509th Bomb WingTrump raised a hypothetical strike on Los Angeles and San Diego at a Nebraska rally.Iran has no nuclear program or weapons.Tehran remains a proliferation risk, but not an imminent nuclear threat, program watchers say.Iran cannot strike Los Angeles or San Diego with a nuclear weapon, regardless of President Donald Trump's offhand comments on the campaign trail.Iran has no known nuclear weapons and no known missiles capable of reaching either California city. Tehran is roughly 7,500 miles from California, far beyond the approximately 1,200-mile range of Iran's longest-range ballistic missiles, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency.The nonpartisan Arms Control Association, which tracks nuclear proliferation around the world, said it's hard to tell how Iran's missile program could recover after being damaged…