00:00These are the weapons at the centre of a rapidly escalating situation
00:03Iranian drones and missiles that have targeted the UAE over the past several days
00:08They are being displayed here at the UAE government media briefing
00:13as part of physical evidence of the attacks
00:15which officials describe as a direct violation of the country's sovereignty and security
00:21Authorities say that more than 90% of incoming drones and missiles
00:25have been successfully intercepted by the UAE's air defense systems
00:29A figure presented as proof of both preparedness and advanced offensive capability
00:35And what you see in front of you here
00:37This is a tactical ballistic missile
00:40which is basically a short-range ballistic missile
00:44from classed and the designation for it is Qiyam
00:49And we have intercepted and destroyed hundreds of these ballistic missiles over the last four days
00:57And if we move up to here, what you see here, the blue wreckage is basically a cruise missile
01:05And those threats are normally very challenging for militaries across the world to basically detect and destroy
01:16But luckily, we were able to detect each one of them and destroy them
01:23And what you see here is one of the several cruise missiles that we were able to intercept and destroy
01:29And as I understand it, this is a suicide drone, isn't it?
01:31This is what is left from a suicide drone
01:34And it's called Shahid 136
01:38We've intercepted hundreds of these over the last few days
01:44So we hear and see things at the last minute
01:46But from a military perspective, I think globally it's known that you're seeing these things fairly early
01:51So you know they're coming in and you're prepared accordingly
01:54We announced this repeatedly to the public and we want to reassure the public again
01:59And if they hear pops and sounds coming out of the sky, that's actually a comforting sound
02:07It's a comforting noise
02:09What it means is that the air defense system is functioning properly to intercept, destroy all of these threats
02:18Silence is actually not good
02:20The UAE air defense system is very capable of defending the country
02:26And we're very aware of the threats around it
02:29We will continue to defend the country and that's what we're going to do
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