QatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally ', is an Arab emirate in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula...
's defense expenditures accounted for approximately 4.2% of gross national product in 1993. Qatar maintains a modest military force of approximately 11,800 men, including an army (8,500), navy (1,800) and air force (1,500). In August 1994, Qatar signed a defense agreement with France in which it agreed to purchase 12 Mirage 2000-5 EDA/DDA aircraft.
http://www.caat.org.uk/publications/countries/qatar-1002.php Qatar has also recently signed defense pacts with the
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QatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally ', is an Arab emirate in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula...
's defense expenditures accounted for approximately 4.2% of gross national product in 1993. Qatar maintains a modest military force of approximately 11,800 men, including an army (8,500), navy (1,800) and air force (1,500). In August 1994, Qatar signed a defense agreement with France in which it agreed to purchase 12 Mirage 2000-5 EDA/DDA aircraft.
http://www.caat.org.uk/publications/countries/qatar-1002.php Qatar has also recently signed defense pacts with the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. Qatar plays an active role in the collective defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council; the other five members are
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia , is an Arab country and the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south...
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KuwaitThe State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. The greatest distance from north to south is 200 km and from east to west 170 km . The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water." It has a...
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BahrainThe Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, which was officially opened on the 25th of November 1986. Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of...
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UAEThe United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia. The UAE consists of seven states, termed emirates, which are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain, Ras...
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Persian Gulf WarThe Persian Gulf War , known also as the Gulf War, the First Gulf War,or often as the Second Gulf War and by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as The Mother of all Battles, or commonly as Desert Storm, for the military response...
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Command
- Minister of Defense: Shaykh Hamad ibn Khalifa al-Thani
- Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces: Shaykh Hamad ibn Khalifa al-Thani
- Chief of General Staff: Brigadier General Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah
- Commander of the Ground Forces: Colonel Saif Ali al-Hajiri
- Commander of the Air Force: General Ali Saeed al-Hawal al-Marri
- Commander of the Navy: Commodore Mohammed Nasser al-Mohanadi
Military Branches
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- No. 1 Fighter Wing
- No. 7 Air Superiority Squadron - Dassault Mirage 2000
- 9 single-seat Mirage 2000-5EDA
- 3 2000-5DDA trainers
- No. 11 Close Support Squadron - Dassault Alpha Jet
Alpha Jet has the following meanings:* Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, an advanced trainer aircraft* Freight trains on the Alphabet Route* αjet, Helios Airways name after rebranding...
- No. 2 Rotary Wing
- No. 6 Close Support Squadron - Eurocopter SA342
- No. 8 Anti-Surface Vessel Squadron - Westland Sea King Commando Mk 3
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines, British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
- No. 9 Multi-Role Squadron - Westland Sea King Commando Mk 2
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines, British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
Armored Vehicles
- 36 x Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979. The Leopard 2 replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. Various versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and twelve other European...
Main Battle Tanks to be purchased.
- 44 x AMX-30 Main Battle Tanks
- 134 x VAB
The Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé or VAB is an armoured personnel carrier designed by the Euro Mobilité Division of GIAT Industries of France. It entered service in 1976 and around 5000 were produced. They are NBC-proof, have excellent off-road capabilities, and can be configured in numerous versions...
Armored Personnel Carriers
- 30 x AMX-VCI
The AMX-VCI is one of the many variants of the French AMX-13 light tank. It was the front line APC of the French Army until replaced by the AMX-10P.- History :...
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- 40 x Mowag Piranha
The MOWAG Piranha is a family of armoured fighting vehicles designed by the Swiss MOWAG corporation.Four generations of vehicles have been produced, manufactured by MOWAG or under licence by other companies, and variants are in service with military forces throughout the world.-Variants:Piranhas...
Light Armored Vehicles
- 40 x AMX-10P
The AMX 10 P is a French infantry fighting vehicle. It was developed after 1965 to replace the AMX-VCI in French service, and the first prototypes were completed in 1968. It has NBC protection and amphibious capabilities, with hydro jets to swim in water...
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- 8 x V-150 Commando Armored Personnel Carriers
- 12 x AMX 10 RC
The AMX-10RC is a wheeled tank destroyer built by GIAT. Over 300 are in service in the French Army. 120 additional vehicles were sold to Morocco and Qatar .The AMX-10RC is a wheeled and heavily armed version of the AMX-10P combat vehicle...
Reconnaissance Vehicles
- 20 x EE-9 Cascavel
The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6 x 6 armoured car developed in the 1970s by Engesa of Brazil. It used as many commercially available parts as possible. It also shares many components with the EE-11 Urutu APC...
Reconnaissance Vehicles
- 16 x VBL
The Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger is a wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle offered in various configurations. It was designed to combine the agility of the Peugeot VLTT liaison vehicle with adequate protection against small arms fire, artillery fragments, mines and NBC weapons...
Light Armored Vehicles
- 10 x Ferret Armored Cars
Artillery
- 22 x AMX Mk3 Self-Propelled 155mm Howitzers
- 12 x G5
The G5 is a South African towed howitzer of 155 mm calibre manufactured by Denel. Initial versions of it were based on the 45-calibre GC-45 howitzer designed by Gerald Bull, though it has gone through many modifications and variations to reach its latest model: the 52-calibre G5-2000.It is...
155mm Towed Howitzers
- 3 x Astros II Self-Propelled Multiple Rocket Launchers
Anti-Tank Missiles
- 48 x Euromissile HOT
HOT is an anti-tank missile system developed by Euromissile , a joint venture of France and Germany, and produced since 1978...
Launchers (24 are mounted on
VAB)
- 60-100 x MILAN
MILAN is a European anti-tank guided missile. Design of the MILAN started in 1962. It was ready for trials in 1971, and was accepted for service in 1972. It is a wire guided SACLOS missile, which means the sight of the launch unit has to be aimed at the target to guide the missile...
Launchers /
Air Force Equipment
- 6 Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet .
- 14 Sud Aviation SA 342G/L Gazelle
The Gazelle is a French-designed helicopter, created by the company Sud Aviation, which later became Aérospatiale.-Design and development:The Aérospatiale Gazelle originated in a French Army requirement for a lightweight utility helicopter...
- with HOTHot or HOT may refer to:* High temperature* Spicy food, pungency* Physical attractiveness or sexual arousal* Jargon used to describe radioactivity or more generally any area that threatens life...
ant-tank missiles
- 12 Dassault Mirage 2000-5
- 18 BAE Systems Hawk Mk.100 - on order delayed due to budget restraints
- 12 Westland Commando Mk 2/3
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines, British made anti-submarine warfare systems and a...
helicopter
- 2 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - in service
- 4 Lockheed C-130J-30 Super Hercules - on order $393 million
- 18 AgustaWestland AW139
The AgustaWestland AW139 is a 15-seat medium sized twin-engined helicopter manufactured by AgustaWestland. Originally designed and developed jointly by Agusta and Bell Helicopters and marketed as the Agusta-Bell AB139, it renamed the AW139 when Bell withdrew from the project...
- on order EUR 260 million (currently about $400 million)
- Airbus A340-211
The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engined wide-body commercial passenger airliner manufactured by Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It seats between 261 and 380 passengers, and has a range between 6,700 and 9,000 NM . It is similar in design to the twin-engined A330...
- Boeing 707-3P1C
The Boeing 707 is a four-engine commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven"...
- Boeing 727-2P1
The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner. The first Boeing 727 flew in 1963 and for over a decade it was the most produced commercial jet airliner in the world. When production ended in 1984, a total of 1,831 aircraft had been produced...
- Dassault Falcon 900
- Boeing 747SP-27
The Boeing 747 is a widebody commercial airliner, often referred to by the nickname "Jumbo Jet". It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first widebody ever produced...
- Airbus A310-304
The Airbus A310 is a medium to long-range widebody airliner. Launched in 1978, it was the second aircraft created by the Airbus consortium of European aerospace companies, which is now fully owned by EADS. The A310 is a shortened derivative of the A300, the first twin-engined widebody airliner...
- Airbus A320-232
The Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range commercial passenger airliners are manufactured by Airbus and are the only narrowbody in their product line...
- Airbus A319-133X
Naval Equipment
4 Vosper Thornycroft Vita class Fast Attack Craft - 480 tons full load - 4 MM40
ExocetThe Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. Several hundred were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:The missile's name was given by M...
- commissioned 1996-97 3
Combattante III Fast Attack CraftFast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante III refers to four ships ordered by Greece in September 1974 from France. There are similar to the Fast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante IIa, but are bigger and armed with torpedoes...
- 430 tons full load - 8 MM40
ExocetThe Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. Several hundred were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:The missile's name was given by M...
- commissioned 1982-83 4 Vosper patrol boats - 120 tons full load - 1975-76
Military manpower
- Military age: 18 years of age
- Availability:
- note: includes non-nationals (2000 est.)
- Fit for military service:
- Males age 15-49: 160,899 (2000 est.)
- Reaching military age annually:
Military expenditures
- Dollar figure: $816 million (FY99/00)
- Percent of GDP: 8.1% (FY99/00)
July 2008, Qatar’s Emiri Air Force has signed a EUR 260 million (currently about $400 million) contract with AgustaWestland for 18 AW139 medium twin helicopters (formerly the AB139, until the Bell partnership dissolved in 2005). The helicopters will be used for utility tasks, troop transport, search and rescue, border patrol, special forces operations, law enforcement and homeland security.
The country plans to buy 2 C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport aircraft, and On July 11/08, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Qatar’s official request for logistics support, training, and associated equipment and services. The total value of the support arrangements could be as high as $400 million.