Qatar, DSCA and air defense cooperationnote

Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Lt. General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanim received Director of US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Lt. General Charles Hooper last week in Doha.

They are said to have had talks about Qatari Emir Tamim’s plans to boost the Qatari air defense capabilities.

What are these plans about?

Did Lt-General Al-Ghanim talk to Lt-General Hooper about specific air defense equipment?

What about cooperation with Northrop Grumman in this regard?

These key questions are answered in the following 256-word report.

[Briefly reproduced in TR Defense Weekly Issue No 26/43 – October 25, 2019]

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