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US Senate rejects resolution to block F-35 sale to UAE

by Seray Güldane
December 12, 2020
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The US Senate rejected draft resolutions to block the sale of F-35 fighter jets and MQ-9B UAVs to the United Arab Emirates.

In November 2020, a report was released by the Pentagon’s Inspector General in charge of counter-terrorism operations in Africa. According to the report, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) financed the Russian mercenary group Wagner in Libya. Following the allegations that became official with the report in question, draft resolutions were submitted to the US Senate to block the Trump administration’s proposal for the F-35 fighter jet and MQ-9B Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to the UAE. According to the latest information, the drafts were declined by the US Senate.

The Senate voted on two draft resolutions involving 50 F-35 fighter jets, ammunition, and 18 MQ-9B Reaper Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with a sale of $23.3 billion. The drafts did not receive approval from the Senate, as a sufficient majority could not be reached in either vote.

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“The findings in the report are doubtful”
Although the Abu Dhabi administration refused, experts claimed that the UAE used Russian mercenaries to cover up its role in the conflict in Libya. The claim, voiced by experts, became official with the report published for the first time by the Pentagon. It is predicted that the report in question will negatively affect the relations with the United States’ close ally UAE.

The UAE’s US Ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, said the UAE does not finance the Russian Wagner group and will never do so. Ambassador Otaiba claimed the findings in the report the Pentagon were submitted “doubtful and unproven”, demanding that the UAE ask the Pentagon how it concluded these findings and that the relevant responses would be shared with the public.

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
The approval for the sale of F-35 fighter aircraft to the UAE includes 50 aircraft. The estimated cost of the contract was announced as 10.4 billion dollars. The Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested to buy up to fifty (50) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft and fifty-four (54) Pratt & Whitney F-135 Engines (up to 50 installed and 4 spares). Also included are Electronic Warfare Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence/Communications, Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN); Air System Training Devices; Weapons Employment Capability and other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities; F-35 unique chaff and infrared flares; reprogramming center access; F-35 Performance-Based Logistics; software development/integration; aircraft ferry and tanker support; aircraft and munitions support and test equipment; communications equipment; provisioning, spares and repair parts; weapons repair and return support; personnel training and training equipment; weapon systems software, publications and technical documents; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support.

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Seray Güldane

Seray Güldane

M.A War Studies, B.A English Translation and Interpreting. UAV researcher, editor and interpreter.

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