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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1893782" data-attributes="member: 3371">It&#039;s not all bad news though.&nbsp; Investment opportunities are golden:&nbsp; &nbsp; UAE The UAE is so far the first GCC country to buy the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense&nbsp; &nbsp; (THAAD) missile system.&nbsp; &nbsp; On Dec 31, 2011 Pentagon announced that the UAE will be buying 2 full THAAD&nbsp; &nbsp; batteries, 96 missiles, 2 Raytheon AN/TPY-2 radars, and 30 years of spare parts. Total&nbsp; &nbsp; Value $3.34 billion.&nbsp; &nbsp; In 2008 the UAE ordered Patriot PAC-3: 10 fire units, 172 missiles, First delivery 2009.&nbsp; &nbsp; Kuwait July 2012, Pentagon informed Congress of a plan to sell Kuwait $4.2 billion in weapon&nbsp; &nbsp; systems, including 60 PAC-3 missiles, 20 launching platforms and 4 radars. This will be in&nbsp; &nbsp; addition to the 350 Patriot missiles bought between 2007 and 2010. In 1992, Kuwait&nbsp; &nbsp; bought 210 of the earlier generation Patriots and 25 launchers. Kuwait bought a further&nbsp; &nbsp; 140 more in 2007.&nbsp; &nbsp; Saudi Arabia In 2011 Saudi Arabia signed a $1.7 billion US contract to upgrade its Patriot anti-missile&nbsp; &nbsp; system.&nbsp; &nbsp; Qatar The U.S. is building a Missile Warning Facility in Qatar that would utilize an AN/TPY-2-X&nbsp; &nbsp; Band Radar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hobbes, post: 1893782, member: 3371"] It's not all bad news though. Investment opportunities are golden: UAE The UAE is so far the first GCC country to buy the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) missile system. On Dec 31, 2011 Pentagon announced that the UAE will be buying 2 full THAAD batteries, 96 missiles, 2 Raytheon AN/TPY-2 radars, and 30 years of spare parts. Total Value $3.34 billion. In 2008 the UAE ordered Patriot PAC-3: 10 fire units, 172 missiles, First delivery 2009. Kuwait July 2012, Pentagon informed Congress of a plan to sell Kuwait $4.2 billion in weapon systems, including 60 PAC-3 missiles, 20 launching platforms and 4 radars. This will be in addition to the 350 Patriot missiles bought between 2007 and 2010. In 1992, Kuwait bought 210 of the earlier generation Patriots and 25 launchers. Kuwait bought a further 140 more in 2007. Saudi Arabia In 2011 Saudi Arabia signed a $1.7 billion US contract to upgrade its Patriot anti-missile system. Qatar The U.S. is building a Missile Warning Facility in Qatar that would utilize an AN/TPY-2-X Band Radar. [/QUOTE]

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