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Monday, December 15, 2008

Anti-missile system will help defend UAE from hostile acts

The UAE will be armed with advanced US missile defence system, a senior American official said on Sunday.

"The US Congress this year endorsed a UAE's request submitted in December last year to possess an advanced missile defence system," said Mary Beth Long, US assistant secretary of defence for international security affairs.

The deal is estimated to cost up to $7 billion (Dh25.76 billion). The proposed sale would be the first of the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defence, or THAAD, a system developed and built by Lockheed Martin Corp.

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