Analysts view Israel's deployment of the Iron Dome system in the UAE as a watershed moment for regional security. This move follows heightened tensions surrounding the conflict with Iran, underscoring the critical role of such air defense technology.

Israel’s reported deployment of its Iron Dome missile defence battery in the UAE signals a “watershed moment” in Middle Eastern security alignments, analysts say, as the war in Iran highlights the critical role of such air defence systems. Israel sent an Iron Dome air-defence system along with troops to the United Arab Emirates “early in the war with Iran”, Axios said in a report this week citing two Israeli officials and one from the US. The Israeli officials, who were not named, told the US...