UAE: Sheikh Mohammad and F-15 Silent Eagle

10 February 2016

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Summary

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who also acts as Deputy Supreme

Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is said to be reiterating his interest in buying fighter jets of the fifth generation. The following 378-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about his reaction to the US offer for the F-15 Silent Eagle. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/07 – Feb. 12, 2016]

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