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Qatar vs European Union EU

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Qatar is a country located in Middle East with an area of 11,586 km2 (land boundries: 87 km and costline 563 km). The capital of Qatar is Doha. The number of inhabitants is 2,795,484.

The Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the United States and Europe. In the 2010s, Qatar embarked on an extensive military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases.

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The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union countries that are located in Europe with an area of 4,233,255 km2 The capital of Ukraine is Brussels. The number of inhabitants estimated is about 447 million. Members of EU: Germany, Latvia, France, Lithuania, Estonia, Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Sweden, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

The European Union were not devised as a military alliance because most of the members are in the North Atlantic Alliance. Since the withdrawal of the UK, France is the only member recognised as a nuclear weapon state. Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium participate in NATO nuclear sharing.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 6 billion $ 295.8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 3.6% 0%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 66,550 1,277,969
Reserve personnel: 15,000 1,687,132
Available for military: 389,487 92,594,951

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 138 4,244
Armoured fighting vehicles: 922 29,656
Total artillery: 62 6,056
Self-propelled artillery: 46 1,856
Rocket artillery: 16 674

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 205 5,350
Fighter aircraft: 0 415
Multirole aircraft: 46 883
Attack aircraft: 6 142
Helicopters: 87 2,336
UCAV (combat drone): 6 68

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 92 1,306
Aircraftcarriers: 0 7
Destroyers: 0 18
Frigates: 0 69
Corvettes: 3 23
Submarines: 0 48

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Qatar

Does not have nuclear weapons.

European Union EU

Data not available

Military service

Qatar

Conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates.

European Union EU

Data not available