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Qatar inks $677 million deal for Apache attack helicopters

  • Peter Kovessy
  • June 8, 2016
Qatar is moving ahead with another major military purchase, despite cutting government spending in other areas. The US Department of Defense said yesterday that the Gulf state had signed a…
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The USS New Orleans fires a surface to air intercept missile from it's Rolling Airframe Missile launcher while off the coast of California during a live-fire exercise in 2013.
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US State Department approves $260 million missile sale to Qatar

  • Peter Kovessy
  • April 24, 2016
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced the decision regarding the $260 million order from Raytheon Missile Systems in a statement published over the weekend.
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Qatar arms imports jump 279 percent in half a decade

  • Peter Kovessy
  • February 23, 2016
The United States is Qatar’s largest arms supplier by a wide margin, having sold the Gulf state nearly half of its $2.62 billion worth of military hardware over the last 25 years
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Report: Qatar Patriot defense system deal due by end of year

  • Elysia Windrum
  • October 9, 2014
The agreement is part of a larger $24 billion artillery purchase that the Gulf state committed to earlier this year as it works to build up its defenses.
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In fourth deal with US since December, Qatar to spend $35 million on arms

  • Doha News Team
  • June 29, 2013
The US plans to sell Qatar two spare engines for C-17 Globemaster III transport planes, the Western nation’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has told Congress. In a statement, the…
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Qatar to spend $2.6 billion to upgrade artillery

  • Doha News Team
  • April 19, 2013
Qatar is expected to purchase some $2.6 billion worth of weapons and tanks from a German defense firm to replace existing hardware, Reuters reports.  The news comes shortly after the…
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In latest arms purchase, Qatar orders 500 missiles, other weapons from US

  • Doha News Team
  • March 29, 2013
Qatar has requested to buy $122 million in weapons from the United States, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency has said. The request for a purchase of 500 Javelin Guided Missiles…
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Qatar tops off 2012 weapons purchases with $406 million rocket launchers, Humvees

  • Doha News Team
  • December 25, 2012
As part of its latest bid to shore up defenses, Qatar is seeking to purchase a host of artillery and military vehicles from the United States, an American agency has…
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Continuing weapons spending spree, Qatar pursues $6.5 billion missile defense system

  • Doha News Team
  • November 6, 2012
A US defense agency has cleared Qatar to buy a $6.5 billion new Lockheed Martin Corp. missile-defense system to “counter current and future threats” and “reduce dependence on US forces,”…
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