Could Ukraine’s drone expertise serve Gulf countries?

Gulf countries person been bombarded by Iranian missiles and drones since the US-Israeli warfare connected Iran began a period ago.

They person utilized precocious aerial defence systems to antagonistic the attacks. But interceptor missiles are costly and instrumentality clip to manufacture.

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Ukraine, nether near-daily onslaught from Russia, has spent 4 years perfecting interceptor drones that tin beryllium produced rapidly and cheaply.

Some Gulf nations are asking Ukraine to stock its expertise. Saudi Arabia and Qatar person already signed defence agreements. If others scope akin deals, what could they connection Ukraine?

And however beneficial are Ukrainian drones to Gulf countries nether onslaught from Iran?

Presenter: Adrian Finnegan

Guests:

Dania Thafer – Executive manager of the Gulf International Forum, a deliberation vessel based successful Washington, DC

Oleksiy Melnyk – Co-director of the Foreign Relations and International Security programmes astatine the Razumkov Centre

Pavel Felgenhauer – Defence and Russian overseas argumentation analyst