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Qatar Israel

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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Israel is a country located in Middle East with an area of 20,770 km² (land boundries: 1,068 km and costline 273 km). The capital of Israel is Jerusalem but it is internationally unrecognized. The number of inhabitants is 9,353,610.

Israel has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The majority of the IDF's inventory is comprised of weapons that are domestically-produced or imported from Europe and the United States. Israel has a broad defense industrial base that can develop, produce, support, and sustain a wide variety of weapons systems.

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Military expenditures

Military budget

6 billion $

24 billion $

Percent of GDP

3.6 %

5.2 %

Manpower

Active personnel

66,550

169,500

Reserve personnel

15,000

465,000

Available for military

389,487

1,797,960

Land Forces

Tanks

138

1,300

Armoured fighting vehicles

922

6,190

Total artillery

62

621

Self-propelled artillery

46

352

Rocket artillery

16

98

Air Forces

Total aircraft

205

626

Fighter

0

41

Multirole

46

239

Attack

6

0

Helicopters

87

127

UCAV (combat drone)

6

15

Navy

Total naval

92

63

Aircraft carriers

0

Destroyers

0

Frigates

0

Corvettes

3

7

Submarines

0

6

Nuclear weapons

Qatar

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Israel

Although not certain, there is a rumour that Israel was the sixth country in the world that managed to research and develop their own nuclear arsenal. However, they did not confirm that fact. Still, a lot of sources claim that they managed to prepare fully working nuclear warheads in 1966. In spite of such early dates, Israel has not joined the NPT. Up to this day, they do not confirm nor deny the possibility of having nuclear arsenal. As a result of that, Israel is said to apply quite effective, yet affordable deterring policy.

According to many organizations, the estimated numbers of nuclear weapons that Israel possesses varies from 80 up to even 200 ready to be launched nuclear weapons. What is more, there are also rumours that Israel managed to prepare special missiles that can be operational from submarines.

Military service

Qatar

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

Israel

18 years of age for compulsory (Jews, Druzes) military service; 17 years of age for voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; both sexes are obligated to military service; conscript service obligation - 36 months for enlisted men, 21 months for enlisted women, 48 months for officers; pilots commit to 9 years service; reserve obligation to age 41-51 (men), 24 (women).