UAE responds to a new wave of missile, drone threats on Wednesday

UAE authorities have announced on Wednesday morning that they are responding to another wave of missile and drone threats from Iran.

An alert was sent out at 7:10 am, with the public advised to remain indoors. The authorities shared another alert at 7:41 am notifying the community that the situation is safe and operations can be resumed normally. 

Previously, authorities had shared an alert at 6:28 am, before clearing the situation with a second notification at 6:59 am. 

The defence forces also assured the community that the sounds heard were the result of interceptions by its air systems.

تتعامل حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع اعتداءات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة قادمة من إيران وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أن الأصوات المسموعة في مناطق متفرقة من الدولة هي نتيجة اعتراض كل من منظومات الدفاع الجوي للصواريخ البالستية، والمقاتلات للطائرات المسيرة والجوالة.

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— وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE (@modgovae) March 18, 2026