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UAE brigadier shows Euronews intercepted Iranian missiles

UAE Defence Ministry spokesman Brigadier Abdul Nasser Al Humaidi tells Euronews air defences destroyed hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones in recent days, while showing debris of intercepted weapons during a government briefing in Abu Dhabi.

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00:00Brigadier, the UAE has been under an unprecedented attack in recent nights.
00:04You've obviously done an incredible job in terms of intercepting,
00:07but these are some of the weapons that we've been up against.
00:10Can you just talk us through them?
00:13Yes, what's happening is unfortunate,
00:16but we're very fortunate to have such a capable air defence network.
00:22And what you see here is basically a wreckage and debris of certain aggression by Iran,
00:35which basically displaying missiles, ballistic missiles.
00:42So this is a ballistic missile?
00:43And what you see in front of you here, this is a tactical ballistic missile,
00:48which is basically a short-range ballistic missile from classed and the designation for it is Qiyam.
00:57And we have intercepted and destroyed hundreds of these ballistic missiles over the last four days.
01:05And if we move up to here, what you see here, the blue wreckage, is basically a cruise missile.
01:13And those threats are normally very challenging for militaries across the world to basically detect and destroy.
01:25But luckily, we were able to detect each one of them and destroy them.
01:31And what you see here is one of the several cruise missiles that we were able to intercept and destroy.
01:37For those that don't know, what is the difference really between a ballistic missile and a cruise missile?
01:41Because for us, they're very similar.
01:44Yeah, well, a ballistic missile from the name ballistic, which actually goes outside the atmosphere and back,
01:52re-enters into the atmosphere to its targets.
01:55So the propulsion system, the trajectory, and also the destruction is completely different.
02:02And those ballistic missiles, it depends on the category.
02:06They vary from intercontinental to a very high, long range, to a very tactical level, to a very low range.
02:15So they vary.
02:18When it comes to the cruise missiles, you can think of them as a small airplane.
02:25So they have their own engine.
02:27They have their own propulsion system.
02:29They have their own guidance system.
02:32And they have a warhead as well.
02:34But typically, those warheads are small, but they're very accurate.
02:40These are the weapons at the center of a rapidly escalating situation.
02:44Iranian drones and missiles that have targeted the UAE over the past several days.
02:48They are being displayed here at the UAE government media briefing as part of physical evidence of the attacks,
02:56which officials describe as a direct violation of the country's sovereignty and security.
03:01people in the UAE would not be a big occurrence of the UAE.
03:02They are the ones that you're using for the security of the UAE.
03:02Some of the snails in the UAE and the UAE.
03:06They also have the rebellion and the ОEA.
03:07They also have the opportunity to ensure that the UAE was available in the UAE.
03:07The UAE and the UAE Gracias is very conservative.
03:08They love the initials in the UAE.
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