ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait is bracing to receive a Gulf Cooperation Council
rapid response force as well as at least two PAC-2 missile defense batteries
over
the next few days.Kuwaiti military sources said the first troops of a GCC mechanized
brigade could arrive in Kuwait early next week. The sources said the brigade
will consist of forces from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.The GCC Peninsula Shield force will be comprised of air, naval and sea
platforms. They include fighter-jets, attack helicopters, tanks and armored
vehicles and will be deployed in northern Kuwait under command of the
sheikdom's military."The General Staff is ready to coordinate and guard the arrival of
Peninsula Shield and the deployment of its units alongside those of the
Kuwaiti military, and this might take several days," Defense Ministry
spokesman Col. Yusef Abdul Razik Al Mulla said.
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