Most powerful or weak,The Arabs will fight back if a foreign force tries to pitch tents on their land.What they won't do is spam or boast on forums.They will fight back in person.
@al-Hasani
The army is good but I'd say they need to work more on their navy for projection power. What would you recommend?
Well, dozens of people have realized that by now. Some learned it the hard way.
But I do not think that anybody is stupid enough to attack UAE. A country that has no real hostilities with any country. Even nearby Iran although there are some land disputes over a few small relatively insignificant islands. Hell, one of the biggest Farsi diasporas exists in the UAE.
In general the whole GCC has relatively poor if not outright poor navies compared to their air forces and armies. Which is quite absurd if you ask me as the Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula (the largest in the world in fact) and borders the tropical Red Sea, Gulf, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and has access to the Mediterranean Sea nearby and Indian Ocean.
It's something that the entire GCC is working on. See this thread for more information.
GCC Naval Group To Focus on Coastal Threats
Navy purchases done by the UAE and other GCC states is something that is mutually discussed in the GCC. The GCC has decided to seriously improve their navy capabilities and I am hoping that they will do it jointly and in a coordinated fashion.
But they should not go overboard either. Especially the smaller GCC countries as a few more frigates or corvettes are not going to make a big difference if they are facing bigger enemies. If seen in the context of GCC they would make a difference though.
I am not sure. A few dozen fast attack crafts, a few corvettes and frigates as well. I could give you a lot of names now but it would be pointless.
What is certain is that the GCC states need to improve their navies and that's also going to happen. Hence all the rumors of submarine purchases etc. We can only wait and see.
Not just the logistics, but quantuty and quality of their equipment:
22 top airforces (based on plane quality and quantity).
42 top tank fleets based on quality and quantity
I always wondered why both UAE and KSA ignore the subs.
Well, of course. The quantity and quality was just so obvious that there was no need to mention it. On that front the only thing that is left to be seen is how they would perform in a actual war and for how long they could withstand a war on their own before needing outside help.
Well, so have I for years. I have written on that subject extensively on PDF as I like navies personally and consider it a crime (almost) to have such poor navies (relatively speaking) when you live on a Peninsula and are surrounded by seas whenever you look. There is a big disproportion between the air force and army here. Which would be a problem in a all-out or prolonged conflict.
Anyway that weakness is not going to last long. See my link at the top of this post.