ABU DHABI // The GCC has problems to resolve before it can conduct efficient military operations at a regional level, a retired Saudi Arabian air force official said on Monday.
“We still have a fragmented air command and control structure and systems in the GCC,” Maj Gen Ayish Almajnouni said at the summit in Abu Dhabi.
“Intelligence is still isolated from command and control. It is not completely fused and networks are non-interoperable. We still do not have a coherent C4ISR agenda.”
He said identifying gaps between current capabilities and future capability requirements was crucial. “We want to analyse current systems in all GCC countries and integrate them, from a joint operating picture and network connectivity to shared information and fused intelligence.”
“We want to help the armed forces of the GCC and integrate capabilities into one joint cyberspace environment.”
Countries with better training and ground, air and space equipment would have to share their assets, he said.
“The whole GCC needs to work as one,” Gen Almajnouni said.
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