OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A version of the Israeli-made Barak air defense system has been deployed against Iranian ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. The missile battery is deployed near Al-Dhafra airbase, south of Abu-Dhabi.
Media reports published in Israeli media quoted defense experts as saying “this is going to be a very big contract, as the Emiratis need a large number [of systems] to protect some of their sensitive sites that have been hit again and again by missiles launched by the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Iranian proxy in the region.”
Israeli media said in April, ten large Emirati Air force cargo planes were spotted at the Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base. In its report about the UAE purchasing the Israeli made SPYDER anti-aircraft system, Reuters also revealed that the gulf state had bought another unnamed Israeli air defense system.
5th UAE military heavylifter in two weeks lands in Israeli base down south. now RTB
1228 c-17 896C30 pic.twitter.com/eDdP5MJW41— avi scharf (@avischarf) April 28, 2022
Last week, a report published in Israeli media cited satellite-imagery based discovery and posted it on social media, saying that an Israeli-made Barak air defense system was deployed and operational in the UAE. The image appeared to show two Barak launch modules and an Elta EL/M-2084 radar.
