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Morocco Reportedly in Talks to Buy Israel’s David’s Sling Missile Shield
Morocco Reportedly in Talks to Buy Israel’s David’s Sling Missile Shield
Turkish Systems in African Armed Forces
Turkish Systems in African Armed Forces
Why Morocco Bought the Rafael SPYDER Air Defense System
Why Morocco Bought the Rafael SPYDER Air Defense System
Drones, Armour and Now a Factory: What Morocco Buys From Türkiye
Drones, Armour and Now a Factory: What Morocco Buys From Türkiye
South Africa Shifts R560m to Cover SANDF Veterans’ Medical Fund Shortfall
South Africa Shifts R560m to Cover SANDF Veterans’ Medical Fund Shortfall
Spanish Special Forces Train Mauritania’s Commandos on ISR Drones
Spanish Special Forces Train Mauritania’s Commandos on ISR Drones
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Morocco Reportedly in Talks to Buy Israel’s David’s Sling Missile Shield

Morocco Reportedly in Talks to Buy Israel’s David’s Sling Missile Shield

Multiple press reports say Morocco and Israel have discussed integrating the David's Sling missile shield into the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces. Neither government has confirmed talks, a scope or a...

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Turkish Systems in African Armed Forces

Turkish Systems in African Armed Forces

Turkish-made drones, attack helicopters, light attack aircraft and armoured vehicles have become the most visible new hardware entering African air forces and armies over the past five years. This gallery...

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Why Morocco Bought the Rafael SPYDER Air Defense System

Why Morocco Bought the Rafael SPYDER Air Defense System

Morocco's Rafael SPYDER buy: the Hawk/Chaparral-era gap, the disputed 2023-2024 selection date, the undisclosed cost, and the May 2026 satellite evidence from Sidi Yahya el Gharb.

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Drones, Armour and Now a Factory: What Morocco Buys From Türkiye

Drones, Armour and Now a Factory: What Morocco Buys From Türkiye

Turkey has sold Morocco combat drones, armoured vehicles and an electronic-warfare system since 2021, and is now building a drone factory near Casablanca. Here is what Rabat has actually ordered,...

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South Africa Shifts R560m to Cover SANDF Veterans’ Medical Fund Shortfall

South Africa Shifts R560m to Cover SANDF Veterans’ Medical Fund Shortfall

South Africa's Medium Term Budget Policy Statement confirms R823 million for the domestic anti-crime deployment Operation Prosper and reroutes R560 million to the SANDF veterans' medical fund, but analysts say...

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Spanish Special Forces Train Mauritania’s Commandos on ISR Drones

Spanish Special Forces Train Mauritania’s Commandos on ISR Drones

Spain's Mando de Operaciones Especiales has spent four weeks training two Mauritanian commando battalions to fly rotary-wing surveillance drones, part of a long-running bilateral security programme aimed at building Mauritanian...

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