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THIS is the incredible moment a fighter jet from Dubai chases down an Iranian drone before blowing it to smithereens in mid-air.
Stunned beachgoers watched the daring hunt as the UAE F-16E jet reportedly fired a heat-seeking air-to-air missile at the Shahed-136 attack drone.
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The airspace over Al Mamzar Beach in Dubai played host to the remarkable wartime scrap as the UAE was forced to intercept over a hundred drones fired from the twisted Iranian regime.
Footage showed the drone soaring just above the water before the impressive F-16E flies into shot.
Believed to be armed with an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile, designed for close-range battles in the air, the fighter jet took aim at the drone.
Within seconds, a blast knocks the drone out of the sky with it being destroyed before it can even crash and burn on the ground.
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The UAE defence ministry said it was forced to intercept 17 drones which were detected above its airspace on Sunday when the footage was filmed.
They managed to successfully destroy 113, but four fell within the country.
A total of 16 Iranian missiles were also intercepted and blown up with one falling into the sea.
The UAE claims Iran has fired 238 ballistic missiles at it across the 10 days of war so far.
Just two have landed in the UAE.
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The latest barrage came on Tuesday with strikes reportedly hitting the Ruwais Refinery in al-Dhannah, sparking columns of smoke to billow in the air.
The nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Iran they are “ready to deter any threat” with force.
They said: “There is no compromise when it comes to the nation’s security and sovereignty. The UAE Armed Forces stand ready to deter any threat.”
The continued onslaught against the UAE comes just three days after Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian apologised to Gulf neighbours for attacking them.
He claimed any attacks would immediately end unless they were targeting US bases in the nations.
Pezeshkian’s words proved hollow as Iran continued to fire projectiles at several neighbours in recent days.
It comes as discussions around the end of the war have intensified in the past 24 hours.
Donald Trump declared his goals are “pretty much complete” in Iran as Vladimir Putin offered to help mediate talks.
Shortly after, Trump went back on his own words as he said the US “haven’t won enough” yet as he vowed to keep pounding the regime until he achieves “ultimate victory”.
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu also appears determined to keep fighting as he said he will ensure Iran is left with “broken bones”.
Iran’s blitzed mullah regime hit back at the US and Israel with bullish boasts that it would carry on launching strikes.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared: “We are definitely not looking for a ceasefire.
“We believe that the aggressor should be punched in the mouth so that it learns a lesson and will never think of attacking our beloved Iran again.”
Ghalibaf said Iran wanted to break the cycle of “war-negotiation-ceasefire and then war again” as he said new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei will never surrender.
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