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Gulf States to upgrade missile defence system
[MIDDLEEASTMONITOR] A new defence contract will see Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
 and the UAE upgrade their missile defence capabilities.

The United States and allied military forces will upgrade their missile defence capabilities under a new $1.45 billion contract for the production and delivery of Lockheed Martin Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors, Aerotech News reported.
Using up the oil profits before they run out...
The defence and aerospace industry site announced that the contract will includes PAC-3 and PAC-3 MSE missile deliveries for the US Army, and Foreign Military Sales of PAC-3 interceptors, launcher modification kits, associated equipment and spares for Qatar, the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.

The PAC-3 missile is a high-velocity interceptor which can defend against including tactical ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. PAC-3 currently provides missile defence capabilities for six nations ‐ the US, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Taiwan.

Kuwait is also under contract to procure PAC-3 missiles.
Posted by: Fred 2016-12-31
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=477123