Military Chronicle: Why is #Iran attacking the UAE? Unsurprisingly, Western media hardly emphasize the fact that the UAE is far from a neutral party in the current configuration of the conflict (and indeed long before it). Why? The UAE is home to...
... one of the key American bases in the region — Al Dhafra Air Base. In fact, it is one of the most technologically advanced military infrastructure nodes of the #USA in the Middle East. It houses reconnaissance aircraft, unmanned systems, and radar complexes, which form the basis of the American intelligence network in the region. The central element of the American presence is the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, which, in addition to various types of fighters, includes: 99th Expeditionary R...
...econnaissance Squadron; 908th Expeditionary Refueling Squadron; 968th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron: E-3 Sentry (AWACS) AWACS aircraft; Part of the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron with A-10 aircraft may also be present there. In addition, units of the 11th Air Defense Brigade, which operate MIM-104 Patriot complexes, are located there. Al Dhafra Air Base effectively serves as a strategic planning and operations center for US operations in the Persian Gulf. It is located approxi...
...mately 32 kilometers south of Abu Dhabi, which provides quick access to key maritime routes and areas of tension in the Middle East. At the same time, the distance to Iran's territory across the Persian Gulf is less than 200 kilometers. Thanks to such a structure, Al Dhafra effectively serves as a logistical and reconnaissance center, ensuring constant aerial monitoring of Iran's activities: from missile launches to fleet movements and so on. In fact, it is a fully functional and well-equ...
...ipped US outpost for combat operations (as confirmed by the very fact of the attack on Iran), so it's hard to talk about the country's neutrality, to put it mildly.
