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Gulf states wary of identifying with U.S. missile defense system WASHINGTON - The Gulf Cooperation Council has been silent over a U.S. proposal to expand a missile defense umbrella. Officials said the six GCC states have not responded to a proposal by the United States to enhance and expand its missile defense umbrella over the Gulf. Under the proposal, the Defense Department would approve the deployment of a second X-band radar in the region. http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/images/2010/antpy2.jpg Raytheon's AN/TPY-2 transportable radar. <http://www.areamilitar.net/DIRECTORIO/RAD.aspx?nn=123> _____ Officials said GCC states do not want to be seen as aligned with Washington in any military effort against Iran. They said several GCC states were being pressured to join the network to ensure the most efficient configuration against Iran's massive ballistic missile arsenal. "The Gulfies have been very careful about any move that would openly expand the U.S. footprint in the region," an official said. Officials said the Pentagon plans to deploy the AN/TPY-2 transportable radar to Bahrain as well as increase other assets. Bahrain has one such radar, also deployed in Israel, but officials said no other GCC state has offered to host another system. Raytheon has produced the AN/TPY-2. In June 2010, the House Armed Services Committee approved $65 million for the deployment of additional radars. The BMD buildup could last through 2013 as Washington invests its resources in Afghanistan. Officials said the network would enable rapid deployment of additional assets in an approach called "plug and play." The United Arab Emirates was expected to play a major role in any BMD umbrella. Abu Dhabi has already requested the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in a sale estimated at $7.5 billion, which could be linked to AN/TPY-2. Another likely element in the BMD network was the Aegis-class cruiser, which contains a ballistic missile defense system. Aegis was meant to defend against both medium- and intermediate-range missiles and has been integrated into Israel's defense network. Iran was said to have deployed more than 1,000 ballistic missiles along the Gulf region. Officials said most of them consisted of short- and medium-range missiles such as Shihab-2, Fatah-110 and CSS2. The proposed BMD network in the Gulf could also include Israel and its AN/TPY-2. Officials pointed out that U.S. European Command, rather than Israel, has been operating the X-band radar at the Nevatim Air Force base in the southern Negev desert. "With two areas of radar coverage, we could coordinate which assets and where we could intercept any Iranian salvo," an official said. "This would make for a very strong system for both the Gulf and Israel and its neighbors." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
