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November 24, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/unitedarabemirates/6630729/Gulf-arms-race-triggered-by-Iranian-aggression.html

Iran's Nuclear Program Spurs a Gulf Arms Race

(Telegraph-UK) Richard Spencer - The United Arab Emirates is now the third largest arms importer in the world, after China and India, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The UAE confirmed it was in the final stages of negotiating a deal with France to replace 63 Mirage jets with Dassault Rafale fighters. It also agreed to buy two reconnaissance aircraft from the Swedish company Saab, as well as 25 Swiss trainer aircraft. It has also applied to the U.S. to buy a $7 billion Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system.

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