UAE arms

Video: UAE invests in US weapons

 

 
 UAE goes shopping for US weapons 
 

Despite the global economic crisis, the United Arab Emirates, a country of under a million people, is set to see its total defence spending for this year soar to over $7bn.

Al Jazeera’s Owen Fay reports on the reasons behind the tiny Gulf nation’s increased defence spending, which has seen it become the world’s third largest importer of American weapons.