US President Joe Biden raised the issue during a visit to Saudi Arabia earlier this month, where he held a summit with leaders from nine Arab countries following his visit to occupied Palestine. But he left without signaling Arab support for a regional security axis.
The US administration official, who requested anonymity, added that“it is currently an idea, without a framework for action. However, it was important for the president to raise the issue of better integrating air and missile defense in the region. » Americans believe, he added, “that there is a promising basis here for an air missile defense system that relies more on a communications network and can be more integrated, especially in light of the growing Iranian ballistic missile threat”.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States “would work with Israel and Arab countries to integrate air defenses, to thwart threats from Iran,” as part of a law proposed by the two American parties Republican and Democratic.
