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Thursday, May 08, 2014

Qatar goes on spending spree

B-737 AEW&C WedgetailIn recent years, the Middle East has become the highest spending region of the world for defence, and a lucrative market for many of the world’s manufacturers.

Leading the spending for many years has been Saudi Arabia, closely followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Now, Qatar is utilising its oil and gas dollars to not only greatly enhance its own defences, but also to enable it to play a much larger part in multinational peacekeeping operations.

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