The UAE Ministry of Defence released its first consolidated accounting of Iranian attacks since the conflict began: 16 ballistic missiles and more than 120 drones launched at the UAE since 28 February.
Friday's single-day barrage alone accounted for 109 of the 120-plus drones and 9 of the 16 ballistic missiles. The preceding six days saw roughly 11 drones and 7 ballistic missiles combined — then a massive concentration in one salvo. The surge fits the IRGC's Decentralised Mosaic Defence doctrine: after early US strikes degraded central launch infrastructure, autonomous provincial units rebuilt capacity and delivered it in a mass attack rather than a sustained daily rate of fire.
Bahrain reported 86 missiles and 148 drones intercepted over the same period — a higher missile count against a country with one-tenth the UAE's population and a fraction of its air defence depth. Both countries depend on the THAAD missile defence system. Between 100 and 150 THAAD interceptors have been expended globally since 28 February — over a quarter of the entire world stockpile. Lockheed Martin's facility in Troy, Alabama produces approximately 48 per year. At current expenditure rates, the interceptor reserve shielding The Gulf's most exposed economies will be exhausted before any production line can begin to restore it.
Gulf governments have historically avoided publishing consolidated attack data, preferring to manage the appearance of vulnerability. The UAE's decision to release precise cumulative figures builds a documented public record — one that supports future reparations claims, provides justification for the reported Iranian asset freeze under consideration, and establishes the scale of what Iran has inflicted on a country it has not declared war against.
