Outsourcing war: How foreigners and mercenaries power UAE's military
UAE’s futuristic cities and booming economy were built on foreign know-how and labour funded by petro dollars, and its military is no different
Military show at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, 19 February 2017 (AFP)
Tuesday 10 July 2018
In California's Mojave Desert last year, an American man wearing a helmet and body armour stood in front of a line of rifle-toting Emirati troops who were in the United States for military training.
