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Arab funded. Built and researched in the US and launched by the Japanese.

• 908B64B197 5y ago
  I wonder why they didn't perform more engineering at home. Sounds like a missed opportunity.
  • BenoitP 5y ago
    UAE is best understood as an international haven (tax, airline passenger routing, container transboarding) operated by expats (the fearful rich from authoritarian countries, westerners administrating an EMEA operation, workers from India), and controlled by Emiratis (100% of police, judiciary, government decision-taking) They represent only 20% of the population in their own country (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriates_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates#:~:text=Most%20expatriates%20in%20the%20United,world's%20highest%20percentage%20of%20expatriates https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriates_in_the_United_Ar....) So, it makes no sense engaging the volatile expat population in this project, and they just don't have the critical human resources to do it within their population. They do like vanity projects, though. See also: Burj Khalifa, Palm Jumeirah, Mall with a ski slope, Mall with a whale aquarium, etc Source: did an internship in this quite weird place
    • gremloni 5y ago
      Mostly right except Indians and Pakistanis make up most of the police force, business owners and government workers as well.
      • BenoitP 5y ago
        Oh yeah. Definitely doing the decision-taking but not the decision-executing.