UAE Says It Is Very Hard to Create Defense Systems to Prevent Drone Attacks

Speaking at the International Defense Industry, Technology and Security Conference in Abu Dhabi,The UAE Ambassador to the United States stressed Thursday that it is very difficult to create an adequate defense system to prevent drone attacks.

“I think we are behind the curve on drones,” Yousef Al-Otaiba said. “It is … very hard to create a proper defense system to prevent drone attacks. We have yet to develop a very … robust drone defense system. That is going to be our main challenge in the future.”

With statements, Al-Otaiba acknowledges today the failure of the UAE air defense systems, on which were spent for billions over decades, in confronting the Yemeni drones.

Last January, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out three military operations named “Yemen’s Hurricane” . They carried out the first retaliatory operation against strategic facilities deep inside the UAE on January 17, using domestically-manufactured combat drones and ballistic missiles.

The airstrikes targeted the Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports, the Musaffah oil refinery in Abu Dhabi, and a number of important and sensitive Emirati sites and facilities.

In response to the continued escalation of aggression after the first hurricane and the perpetration of more massacres against the Yemeni people, which claimed hundreds of deaths and wounded within three days, the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out the Operation Yemen Hurricane II on January 24.

The operation targeted the Al Dhafra military base and other sensitive targets in Abu Dhabi and Dubai with a large number of Zulfiqar ballistic missiles. It also targeted vital targets in Dubai with a large number of drones, while the Al Sharurah, Jizan and Asir areas in the Saudi depth were targeted with ballistic missiles and drones.

On January 31, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced its military operation ‘Yemen’s Hurricane 3’, which targeted the depth of the state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Armed Forces reiterated that “the Emirati enemy state will remain unsafe as long as Abu Dhabi and Dubai Rulers, Israeli agents continue to launch aggression against our people and our country.”

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