Assessing Iran’s Threat Potential to the UAE

... hand, Iran attacks without provocation, it might only convince other Gulf states to jump on the normalization bandwagon with Israel. There are significant limitations to Iran’s potential military threat to the UAE. For one, Iran has poor quality military equipment that would be effective for defensive purposes or as a deterrent, but is ... ... towards an offensive assault on another country. Iran seems to have a manpower advantage, but this is not a decisive factor. The GCC has outspent Iran in terms of military equipment, and the UAE’s military arsenal is of far superior quality and sophistication....