Iranian strikes have sent more than a thousand projectiles toward the UAE since hostilities began, with the country’s air defence network neutralizing the vast majority before they reached populated areas, military officials disclosed during a government media briefing.
Brig. Staff Pilot Abdulnasir Alhameedi, the Ministry of Defence’s official spokesperson, laid out the operational figures. Of 186 ballistic missiles fired at the country, 172 were destroyed and 13 splashed into the sea. A single ballistic missile made it through to UAE soil. Air defences also tracked 812 inbound drones, bringing down 755 of them, though 57 landed within national borders. Eight cruise missiles were separately detected and eliminated.
The attacks have not been without cost. Three people were killed and 68 others sustained minor injuries, Alhameedi said, while a number of civilian properties suffered limited to moderate material damage.
Despite the scale of the barrage, the spokesperson said the military holds a strategic munitions reserve deep enough to maintain interception and response operations against all categories of aerial threats over a prolonged period, keeping combat readiness intact to protect sovereignty and national security.
The Ministry of Defence characterised the country’s current posture as its highest level of readiness, stating that the UAE has the capabilities needed to defend its territory no matter how long the regional escalation persists. Alhameedi pointed to the role of domestically developed defence and armament systems, including the country’s national defence industries, as central to the UAE’s ability to shield its land and population under any scenario.
