United Arab Emirates intercepts ballistic missiles from Houthi rebels

By Mike Brest

Published January 24, 2022 5:06pm ET

United Arab Emirates intercepts ballistic missiles from Houthi rebels — A Sabre short-range ballistic missile launches in June 2017 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for a test of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement, an advanced missile defense system. Hypersonic missiles might be able to penetrate PAC-3 and similar systems. | (U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command)

The United Arab Emirates successfully intercepted two ballistic missiles fired from Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

There were no casualties from the rocket fire or the debris, UAE’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday, adding that the “fragments of the ballistic missiles fell in different areas around the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi.”

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