Good enough for the UAE a few hundred miles from the enemy, but not good enough for us - OBAMA
U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAEWASHINGTON, Sept 8 - The Bush administration is planning to sell the
United Arab Emirates an advanced U.S. missile defense system valued at
up to $7 billion that could be used to defend against Iran, people who
have attended briefings on the matter said on Monday.The Pentagon is set to notify the U.S. Congress of the proposed sale, which would be the first of the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area
Defense, or THAAD, several people familiar with the matter said.THAAD is built by Lockheed Martin Corp. Raytheon Co supplies the system's radar.
Once notified of such a proposed arms sale by the administration, Congress has 30 days to review it but almost never blocks.
In any case, deployment of the THAAD weapons system is "at least months away" and could take more than a year, said a congressional staff
member familiar with the matter.Kenneth Katzman, an expert on the Gulf at the Congressional Research Service, said the UAE has been eager for a "sophisticated antidote" to Iran's missile capabilities.
"The UAE has been concerned for many years about possible retaliation
against it for U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities," he said.
As they well should be. UAE has at least attempted, nearly alone, to be something other than an oil pumping Sharia land. They are not different yet. But there are a few there who want OTHER. Not many. That's plenty to make them the prime enemies of Qom-ville
For Iran, Katzman added, UAE could be an attractive target because of its billions of dollars of infrastructure investments.
Craig Vanbebber, a Lockheed Martin spokesman, said several countries had shown interest in buying the THAAD system, "with its significant coverage area and tremendous success in recent testing."
THAAD is the first missile defense system designed to defend against short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles both inside and outside the Earth's atmosphere.
The potential $7 billion sale would include anti-missile interceptors, firing units, associated radar sites and training, among other things, a congressional staff member said.
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