The United Arab Emirates, increasingly a major military power in the Persian Gulf, is stepping up efforts to develop its own defense industry. In large part, it's doing this by making Western defense companies set up high-tech projects in the federation as a condition of lucrative arms contracts to diversify its economy from a dependence on oil and gas exports.
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| The latest generation of NIMR 6x6 armoured vehicle personnel carrier at IDEX 2013 Defence Exhibition in United Arab Emirates. |
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