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Thursday, January 25, 2007

UAE ready to order naval missiles

The United Arab Emirates plans to order ship-based missiles from the United States.

RIM-166 RAM systemThe UAE firm Abu Dhabi Ship Building Co. intends to sign an agreement for the Rolling Airframe Missile from Raytheon Missile Systems. ADSB would deploy the Mk-31 Mod1RIM-116B missiles aboard the six Baynunah corvettes ordered by the UAE Navy.

All but one of the six corvettes would be built by ADSB in cooperation with France's Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie, or CMN. The 72 meter vessels were designed by CMN, which has been building the first corvette.

ADSB would work with CMN to accommodate the RAM system. RAM would be one of several combat systems ordered for Baynunah, an $817 million program.

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