Special Reports

Intricate assessments on miscellaneous topics ranging from bilateral military relations to military technology, and other issues that require special attention.

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76Reports for Special Reports

November 11, 2022

Summary: Qatar spent billions of dollars on defense procurement and signed dozens of military agreements with its allies to secure the 2022 World Cup. Based on the procurements and dep...

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November 04, 2022

Summary: The Royal Saudi Air Defense Force (RSADF) has operationalized several Chinese 3D TWA low-altitude surveillance radars, which show recent satellite imagery and social media pho...

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October 28, 2022

Summary: An Israeli-made Barak air defense system is deployed and operational in the UAE, according to a satellite imagery-based discovery shared on social media. The image appears to ...

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October 25, 2022

Summary: The UAE is rethinking its entire integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) network to counter hypersonic weapons, amongst other future threats that are on the horizon...

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September 29, 2022

Summary: European countries reached out to Qatar as the main replacement for Russian piped gas. However, a lot of issues are hindering the EU to sign any sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with Qatar. Wha...

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September 28, 2022

Summary: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ballistic missile program (BM) has been in effect since at least 1986 and serves as a conventional deterrent against Riyadh’s enemies, such as Ir...

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September 22, 2022

Summary: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is committed to acquiring the Eurofighter Typhoon from Italy to further diversify and modernize the Egyptian Air Force (EAF), despite t...

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September 06, 2022

Summary: On Monday (29/8/22), Iraqi Shia cleric and leader of the Sadrist Movement Muqtada Al-Sadr declared his resignation from politics; soon afterward, Baghdad witnessed unrest after his supporters ente...

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September 01, 2022

Summary: Following a years-long back-and-forth, the F-35 sale to UAE lies comatose. Emirati-U.S. relations have worsened in the past year as the UAE refused to condemn the Russian inva...

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August 10, 2022

Summary: On August 2, 2022, the U.S. State Department approved a foreign military sales (FMS) to Saudi Arabia of 300 Raytheon Technologies-made MIM-104E Patriot missiles and related eq...

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