Qatar Navy, coastal boats and missilesnote

The Qatari Navy is said to be working on a project to buy more coastal missile batteries and missile boats to defend the Qatari coast and reinforce protection of commercial ports, economic facilities and naval military bases. The following 340-word report sheds light on the project and tells how many boats the Qatari intends to buy and what about the preferred types of short and medium-range missile systems. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/43 – October 25, 2013)]