Military Watch Magazine

Footage Shows Iranian Missile Breaking Through Three Rounds of Patriot Air Defence Fire to Strike Key Base

Previously unseen footage circulating online has shown an Iranian ballistic missile striking at Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and evading at least three surface-to-air interceptors launched by nearby MIM-104 Patriot air defence systems. The footage has provided further evidence corroborating multiple prior reports that Patriot systems have been ineffective against Iranian missile strikes. In the initial hours of hostilities in February, footage showed Patriot systems in Qatar consistently failing to intercept Iranian ballistic missiles. In mid-March a crew member from a civilian ship sailing through the Gulf of Oman filmed two Iranian ballistic missiles striking oil facilities at the United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, and failed efforts by local forces to use a Patriot system.