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GCC-U.S. Joint Exercises Tackle Missile Defense

June 14, 2004 :: Defense News :: News

The Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile threat was the focus of a joint American-Arab missile defense exercise in the United Arab Emirates last month. The exercise, called Eagle Resolve-2004, was sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to demonstrate the need and utility “for low-level and high-level anti-ballistic missile batteries deployed along the coastline from Kuwait all the way down to Oman,” a senior GCC officer told Defense News.
        Both sides said the exercise, which sought better coordination and interoperability in GCC-U.S. air defense efforts, was successful. The U.S. currently deploys Patriot interceptors to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain, but only Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are able to intercept missiles on their own. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are also in talks with Raytheon to acquire the more accurate and longer-range PAC-3 model.

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