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UAE shoots for Patriot missile system

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The UAE will receive a Patriot missile system and other weapons worth a total of $9.76 billion under the proposed $20 billion US Gulf weapons deal, which will be shared between Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE.

The agreement will see the UAE receive the missile system, "various munitions and weapon systems", and upgrades and refurbishment of E-2C early warning aircraft, according to the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, reported newswire AP.

President George W. Bush's administration officially notified the US Congress on Monday of its intent to sell the first part of the $20 billion package to Saudi Arabia.

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The administration said it planned to sell $123 million worth of sophisticated precision-guided bomb technology to the kingdom.

The notification was the sixth made since December under the administration's Gulf Security Dialogue proposals, aimed at helping to counter growing Iranian military clout.

The deadline for congressional approval of more than $11.5 billion in sales has already passed. The UAE deal is one of those deals that have already been passed.

Others include a total of $743 million of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs, AWACS aircraft upgrades, sniper target pods and associated equipment and services for Saudi Arabia, and a total of $1.691 billion for Kuwait in precision missiles, missile upgrades and upgrades to its Patriot missile ground support system, the agency said.

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