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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
CC, when we are talking about Qatar and some other Arab countries being involved in the NFZ, what is their actual involvement? Do they actually have modern enough equipment to contribute, or is it more symbolic than anything?
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I don't think it would be offensively significant. Their pilots aren't on the same level as the American's French British and Canadian, and I don't believe their up to date on the data links that would be required to operate with a NATO AWACS.
I would expect that they'll get a quiet area to patrol, and they'll supply logistical aid to the Nato warplanes through their transportation aircraft.
But I don't believe that we'll see them in a position of being forced to fire on Iraqi air and ground forces, they're role is almost ceremonial.