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The United Arab Emirates defence ministry announced that it has successfully intercepted a large-scale battle involving Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, confirming the precocious readiness and effectiveness of its aerial defence systems.The ministry said successful a connection that the UAE Air Force and Air Defense forces “have succeeded, since the commencement of the Iranian attack, successful intercepting and destroying 137 ballistic missiles and 209 drones launched toward the country’s territories, confirming the precocious readiness of aerial defence systems and their capableness to grip assorted threats.”It added: “137 Iranian ballistic missiles were detected and launched toward the country, with 132 of them destroyed, portion 5 fell into the sea.
Additionally, 209 Iranian drones were detected, 195 of which were intercepted, portion 14 fell wrong the country’s territories and waters, causing immoderate collateral damage.”
The ministry confirmed that debris from intercepted missiles and drones caused insignificant worldly harm to civilian properties. “The applicable authorities moved instantly with afloat readiness and capabilities to grip the concern successful accordance with the approved procedures successful specified cases,” the connection read.
Authorities reported 1 civilian decease of Asian nationality arsenic a effect of falling debris, portion highlighting that the wide information concern successful the UAE “remains stable” and each entities are monitoring developments astir the clock.The UAE ministry powerfully condemned the attacks, describing them arsenic “a unsafe escalation and a cowardly enactment that threatens the information and information of civilians and undermines stability.” It emphasized that specified targeting “constitutes a flagrant usurpation of nationalist sovereignty and planetary law,” and affirmed that the UAE “reserves its afloat close to respond to this escalation and instrumentality each indispensable measures to support its territories and people.”The ministry added: “The information of citizens, residents, and visitors represents an utmost precedence that cannot beryllium compromised,” and urged the nationalist to trust connected authoritative sources and debar spreading unverified information.The attacks connected the UAE are portion of broader determination tensions pursuing US and Israeli strikes connected Iran. Fresh blasts were reported crossed Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Manama connected Sunday morning, raising fears of a wider struggle successful the Gulf. AFP reporters heard explosions successful the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, with sirens activated successful respective cities.The UAE reported that fires and fume from rocket strikes reached salient landmarks including The Palm and Burj Al Arab. Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports experienced “incidents,” portion Kuwait’s airdrome was besides affected, authorities said.The ministry confirmed that each indispensable measures person been taken to unafraid affected sites and guarantee the information of residents and that the state remains connected precocious alert to code immoderate further threats.
