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UAE May Buy $9 Billion In U.S. Military Wares

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Thursday, September 11th, 2008

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) may buy roughly $9 billion of U.S. military wares, including $8.25 billion of missile and missile/air defense systems and $774 million worth of Black Hawk helicopters. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in the U.S. Department of Defense notified Congress of the possible Foreign Military Sales to the geographically tiny but financially powerful UAE, broken down into several sales: Terminal High Altitude Area Air Defense (THAAD) missile defense fire units and related gear are worth…

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