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Friday 22 Jan 2016 - 16:27 Makkah mean time-12-4-1437
Manama, (IINA) - A Bahraini officer said on Thursday that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are cooperating on a regional missile defense system, and hope to announce the results soon, Arab News reported.
The United States and GCC officials say that the time has come to push ahead as Arab nations start to mount more joint military missions.
Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Khalifah, a commander of the Royal Bahraini Air Force, said on the sidelines of an air force conference that a GCC committee was working in a cooperative effort to build joint missile defense.
“We have started, and hopefully it (the result) will be announced soon”, he said in answer to questions, without elaborating.
U.S President Barack Obama and GCC countries underscored a commitment to build the defense system at a summit in May 2015, as U.S moved to ease Gulf allies’ concerns regarding recent tensions.
A joint statement following the summit said that the GCC states were committed to developing a ballistic missile defense capability with U.S technical help.
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