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What do you mean?
If UAE is short of engineering and vanity projects, how about digging a two way channel from Dubai to Oman for very large ships. Might involve boring a 100m diameter tunnel through a mountain range, or two. >

Don't give them ideas... >

I'm not sure why they bother. Most of the fighting they do is insurgent forces and funding of them. >

Probably test them to sell to Russia. Or test them to prepare for a future conflict with the Saudis and Israelis >

Iran military drones?  Do they even have any?  Here I was under the impression they only have terrorist drones. >

They are surrounded by people who hate them.