Background
Iranian aspirations to become a regional power provoke reactions amongst its neighbors. The greatest challenge for the U. S. diplomacy is to find a common ground for cooperation amongst the Gulf States and move from bilateral towards multilateral, more cooperative approach.
Current Development
Consultations to deploy an U.S. ballistic missile defense system are ongoing and Bahrain benefits from strenghening the U. S. ballistic missile defense on both land and sea.
Capabilities
The country hosts unspecified number of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 batteries. A total of 8 was deployed to Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.