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News India Live, Digital Desk: Given the current situation, a question that is arising in everyone’s mind is that Qatar has so much military power that he can answer any action of Israel? If we look at the strength of both countries, then the difference between the land is visible, in simply, Israel is far ahead of Qatar in military matters.
Come, let’s understand it in a little easy language.
Who ahead in air strength?
Qatar has spent a lot of money to strengthen its Air Force in recent years. He has bought modern fighter aircraft such as Rafal from France, Eurofighter Typhoon from Europe and F-15QA from America. Apart from this, he also has a fighter helicopter Apache. This power looks good on paper, but Israel’s Air Force is much larger, experienced and technically advanced. Israel has state-of-the-art fighter aircraft like F-35, which is counted among the best aircraft in the world.
The condition of the ground army
Even in terms of ground power, Qatar does not stay anywhere in front of Israel. The number of soldiers active in Qatar’s army is around 17,000, which is quite low. On the other hand, Israel has around 170,000 active soldiers and 465,000 reserve soldiers. That is, a very large army can be prepared near Israel if needed. Qatar must have a Leopard 2A7 tank bought from Germany, but the Israeli army has a heavy upper hand in the number and experience.
Missile and air defense system
The role of missile and air defense systems is very important in today’s battle. Qatar has bought modern air defense systems like Patriot PAC-3 and THAD from the US. These systems are capable of preventing ballistic missiles. Qatar also has a short distance Chinese Sy-400 ballistic missiles.
At the same time, Israel has the best and tried air defense system in the world, including Iron Dome, David Sling and Arrow. These systems are able to protect him from any kind of air strike. Not only this, it is believed that Israel also has nuclear weapons, which makes it very powerful in the region.
So can Qatar not give any answer?
From a military perspective, it is almost impossible for Qatar to directly give a military answer to Israel. There is a huge difference in the strength of both. Qatar’s military strategy is mostly based on rescue and abschreckung (deterrence).
However, Qatar’s real power is his diplomacy and economic ability.
- Important ally of America: Qatar has the biggest American airbase of Middle East, al -Udid, is always serious about the security of Qatar.
- Turkish support: Qatar also has strong military relations with Türkiye and Turkish soldiers are also deployed in Qatar.
- Economic strength Qatar is one of the world’s largest LNG (liquidized natural gas) exporters, it is a great power that he can use to create diplomatic pressure.
- International Media: The international media network like Al Jazeera also helps Qatar to convey its talk to the world.
Therefore, if Qatar gives any answer, then its possibility will be more diplomatic or more economic. Qatar may have to suffer heavy losses in direct military confrontation, and it will avoid taking such a risk.