Air defence

Calling it 'a significant leap in US Navy capability', Goldstein argued that the force of a high-speed impact could be 'just as or more important than the warhead'.

— Lyle Goldstein, director of the Asia Programme at the Washington-based think tank Defence Priorities, commenting on the potential impact of the Blackbeard missiles.

This constitutes a blatant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and is a grave and unacceptable act of aggression.

— Attaullah Tarar, Pakistani Information Minister, commenting on drone incursions, on X.

We now have five months, perhaps half a year, to develop and build solid-fuel rockets that can counter this problem.

— Serhij 'Flash' Beskrestnow, drone expert, told Radio NV (as reported by Unian).

In the last case there is even hope for a fairly rapid expansion of existing developments that have proven effective.

— According to Ukrainian military reporter Bohdan Myroschnykow.

The security of the two holy mosques and pilgrims is a "red line".— Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition, described the incident as an attempt to frighten worshippers and warned that the security of the two holy mosques and pilgrims is a red line.