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Qatar Advancing Missile Defense Capabilities As Patriot Units Arrive in Country

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

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Qatar Advancing Missile Defense Capabilities As Patriot Units Arrive in Country

Launch of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

AL RAYYAN, Qatar – The Qatar Armed Forces have begun to receive new Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) units that are part of a 2014 deal totaling 10 systems to be delivered within the next two years, a Qatari military official said Nov. 27.At least one PAC-3 battery was delivered in 2018, Maj. Gen. Hamad Mubarak Al-Dawai Al-Nabit, Qatar Emiri Air Defence Forces commander, told reporters in a Tuesday briefing at As Sayliyah Army Base outside Doha.“It is already starting to…

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