The UAE has secured exclusive access to Ukraine's Skyfall interceptors, bypassing Saudi Arabia and Qatarโbut initial deliveries have already stalled due to a shortage of operators and incomplete integration into local systems.
Kharkiv demonstrated what is left out of export brochures: a beautiful video of a single downed drone does not equal a protected city. The Gulf is being sold a promotional clip, not a result.
The main question for an Arab client: if Kyiv announces a "breakthrough" and then sustains a strike on its own city just 24 hours later, how much trust can be placed in promises to protect someone else's critical infrastructure?