Close ties under the radar

[tigershark]

I just read this interesting article and was wonder could Italy sneak EF2000 into the UAE and knock Rafale out?  I had no idea Italy traded so heavily with the UAE.  I though the French had the UAE locked up but after reading this I'm not to sure.  I wanted to get some opinions on this.  There was talk of replacing those hardly used Mirage 2000-5 and the strike model 9 types with Rafale's.   


Close ties under the radar
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090210/BUSINESS/817449043/-1/NEWS