{"id":3053,"date":"2026-04-03T13:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=3053"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:51:12","slug":"uae-intercepts-dozens-of-missiles-and-drones-in-major-defence-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/04\/03\/uae-intercepts-dozens-of-missiles-and-drones-in-major-defence-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Intercepts Dozens of Missiles and Drones in Major Defence Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai: The UAE Ministry of Defence announced that its air defence systems successfully intercepted multiple aerial threats on April 3, 2026, including 18 ballistic missiles, 4 cruise missiles, and 47 drones originating from Iran.<\/p><p>Since the escalation of attacks began, UAE forces have engaged a total of 475 ballistic missiles, 23 cruise missiles, and 2,085 drones.<\/p><p>Authorities confirmed that the attacks have resulted in casualties. Two members of the UAE Armed Forces were killed while on duty, along with a Moroccan civilian working under a military contract. Additionally, nine civilians of various nationalities were also killed.<\/p><p>A total of 203 people have been injured, with cases ranging from minor to severe, involving individuals from multiple nationalities.<\/p><p>The Ministry of Defence stated that it remains on high alert and fully prepared to respond to any threats, emphasising its commitment to safeguarding national security, sovereignty, and stability.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai: The UAE Ministry of Defence announced that its air defence systems successfully intercepted multiple aerial threats on April 3, 2026, including 18 ballistic missiles, 4 cruise missiles, and 47 drones originating from Iran. Since the escalation of attacks began, UAE forces have engaged a total of 475 ballistic missiles, 23 cruise missiles, and 2,085 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uae-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3055,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3053\/revisions\/3055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}