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| Qatar Armed Forces | |
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| القوات المسلحة القطرية | |
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| Founded | 1971 |
| Service branches |  Qatari Emiri Land Force Qatari Emiri Navy Qatar Emiri Air Force Qatar Amiri Guard |
| Headquarters | Doha |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-chief | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani |
| Prime minister | Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani |
| Minister of State for Defence Affairs | Dr. Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah |
| Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General Salem bin Hamad bin Mohammed bin Aqeel Al Nabit |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 years of age |
| Available for military service | 389,487 males, age 15–49 (2010 est.), 210,00 females, age 15–49 (2010 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 321,974 males, age 15–49 (2010 est.), 140,176 females, age 15–49 (2010 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | 96,429 males (2010 est.), 75,162 females (2010 est.) |
| Active personnel | 26,550[1]
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| Reserve personnel | 4,000[2] |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | US$1.913 billion (2010, no data afterwards)[3] |
| Percent of GDP | 2.5% (2016) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Barzan Holdings |
| Foreign suppliers |  Australia Brazil Canada China France Germany Italy Japan South Korea Netherlands Taiwan Turkey United Kingdom United States |
| Related articles | |
| History | Gulf War Libyan Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Syrian Civil War |
| Ranks | Military ranks of Qatar |
The Qatar Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة القطرية, romanized: Al-Quwwat Al-Musallahah Al-Qatariyyah) are the military forces of the State of Qatar. Since 2015, Qatar has implemented mandatory military conscription with an average of 2,000 graduates per year.[4] As of 2010, Qatar's defence expenditures added up to a total of $1.913 billion, about 1.5% of the national GDP, according to the SIPRI.[5] Qatar has recently signed defence pacts with the United States in 2002[6] & 2013,[7] with the United Kingdom in 2020, and with France in 1994.
Qatar plays an active role in the collective defense efforts of the Gulf Cooperation Council; the other five members are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Oman. Qatar also hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East and in 2017 inaugurated a military attache office in Washington.[8]
SIPRI states that Qatar's plans to transform and significantly enlarge its armed forces have accelerated in 2014, and in 2010-14 Qatar was the 46th largest arms importer in the world. Orders in 2013 for 562 tanks and 75 self-propelled guns from Germany were followed in 2014 by a number of other contracts, including 34 combat helicopters and 3 AEW aircraft from the US, and 6 tanker aircraft from Spain.[9] As of 2016, Qatar maintains advanced anti air and anti ship capabilities with deliveries of Patriot PAC-3 MSE Batteries,[10] Exocet MM40 Block 3 and Marte ER anti-ship missiles.[11]
- ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2020). The Military Balance 2020. Routledge. p. 371.
- ^ "Number of reserve military personnel in the Middle East and North Africa in 2024, by country". Statista. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Wezeman, Pieter (2019). "MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMS IMPORTS BY IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND THE UAE" (PDF). SIPRI.
- ^ "Qatar’s national service program puts new emphasis on military training Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine", Doha News. Retrieved 25 June 2017
- ^ "The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ U.S. and Qatar Sign Pact to Update Bases, December 12, 2002
- ^ Shanker, Thom (12 December 2013). "Hagel Lifts Veil on Major Military Center in Qatar". The New York Times.
- ^ "Qatar-Gulf crisis: All the latest updates". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
- ^ "Trends in International Arms Transfer, 2014". sipri.org. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ "6/lockheed-martin-providing-additional-pac-3-mses-to-us-army-and-upgrading-pac-3-missiles-for-fms Lockheed Martin providing additional PAC-3 MSEs to US Army and upgrading PAC-3 missiles for FMS Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine", Jane's 360. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Qatar signs for MBDA coastal missile system Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine", Jane's 360. 02 September 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.