UAE forces intercepted 2,012 UAVs, 438 ballistic missiles, and 19 cruise missiles from 28 February to 1 April1. Twelve people have been killed: two Emirati military personnel and ten foreign nationals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Palestine, and Morocco.
The casualty breakdown tells its own story. Five of every six dead in the UAE are migrant workers, killed not by incoming ordnance but by the debris of its interception. Iran targets the UAE's infrastructure. The UAE's defences protect that infrastructure. The shrapnel falls on the workers who built it. The airline ban on Iranian nationals closed the last civilian air corridor; the residency permit revocations began on 28 March. The UAE is hardening every surface simultaneously.
