US will continue working with the UAE to improve air defence system: Top US military commander

General Kenneth F. McKenzie, the Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), said tht the UAE’s air defence system has been very effective to thwart recent missile attacks on the country.

The United States will continue working with the UAE to further improve the system.

“We are happy to see that THAAD [the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system] employed successfully by UAE in the first two combat employments of that system. So, that’s been very good, and I know that it sends a strong message of reassurance to everyone in UAE. We will continue to work with UAE to make that system even better in the future,” said General McKenzie.

“We are working with our partners here in the region and with the industry back in the United States to develop solutions that would work against drones. We would like to work against drones what we call ‘Left of Launch,’ [which means] before they can be launched,” he added.