A Talios IR sensor feed from a French Air and Space Force Dassault Rafale C pictured an Iranian Shahed-136 drone seconds before the Rafale shot it down with a MICA IR short-range air-to-air missile.
Credit: French Joint Defence Staff
Almost immediately after the U.S.-Israel war with Iran started on Feb. 28, the United Arab Emirates faced a barrage of drone and missile attacks that targeted the Fujairah petro-chemical depot and a hangar at the French Navy base in Abu Dhabi. As recently as June 5, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard...
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