In 2010, Qatar’s Defense expenditure amounted to $1.9 billion - 1.5% of GDP. But after 2010, Doha’s military role has changed, as well as it involved in Libyan and Syrian conflicts. During this period, Qatar amended its army’s shape.

While the official data about its current defense spending is not available, public data showed that contracts between state and foreign companies rocketed to high-levels, especially in the last five years. Between 2001-2010, Qatari state signed $1.5 billion contracts, while between 2014-2018, it signed $50 billion contracts.

Arms imports increased by 225% during 2009-2013 and 2014-2018. While the United States was Qatar’s largest exporter from 2014 to 2018, Germany was the second-largest exporter.

American-made Patriot PAC-3 defence systems were among the arms imported by Qatar, as well as German-made Leopard-2 tanks and China’s short-range ballistic missiles.

Another contracts were signed during the same period, including America’s F-15QA, Britain’s Typhoon, and France’s Rafael aircrafts.

Exporting advanced military equipment by Qatar will not restricted to United States only, as Qatar plans to procure italian frigates, french and turkish armoured vehicles.