 These batteries are deployed in Irbid near the Syrian border.After the March 2017 Israel–Syria incident, government spokesperson Mohammad Momani threatened to use Patriot missiles to fend off any possible missile attack coming from Syria.In 2014, the United Arab Emirates closed a deal (nearly $4 billion) with Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to buy and operate the latest development of the PAC-3 system, as well as 288 of Lockheed's PAC-3 missiles, and 216 GEM-T missiles.