The UAE intercepted three drones with hostile intent and destroyed them after intruding into its airspace on Wednesday midnight, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.
“MOD announces interception and destruction, away from populated areas, of three hostile drones that penetrated UAE airspace at dawn today, 2/2/2022,” the MoD announced on Twitter.
The Ministry assured that the incident should not be a cause for public alarm.
It stated: “MoD confirms it is ready to deal with any threats and is taking all necessary measures to protect the state and its territory.”
MOD announces interception and destruction, away from populated areas, of three hostile drones that penetrated UAE airspace at dawn today, 2/2/2022. MOD confirms it is ready to deal with any threats and is taking all necessary measures to protect the state and its territory. pic.twitter.com/xXvbsQByP6
— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) February 2, 2022
This comes merely days after the country’s air defence forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by the Houthi terrorist group at the UAE.
“The UAE air defence forces and the Coalition Command had succeeded in destroying the missile launcher in Yemen after identifying locations of the sites,” it said.
On Monday, the MoD said “there were no casualties resulting from the attack and the fragments of the ballistic missile fell outside of populated areas”.
A video of the successful destruction of the missile platform and launch site in Al-Jawf, Yemen was released by the MoD.
UAE MOD Joint Operations Command announces at 00:50 UAE time the destruction of platform for ballistic missile launched from Al-Jawf, Yemen towards UAE. Missile was intercepted at 00:20 by air defences. Video of successful destruction of missile platform and launch site pic.twitter.com/CY1AoAzfrp
— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) January 30, 2022
