A U.S. military plane carrying two nuclear bombs destined for Morocco disappeared from radar on March 10, 1956. To this day, neither the plane nor the nuclear bombs have been found.
Moroccan military spending has increased from $2.36 billion in 2009 to $4.12 billion in 2019. This is what the latest report from the US State Department indicates.
During a working visit to Morocco this week, the head of the Israeli police, Yaakov Shabtai, was received on Tuesday by the Director General of Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi .
Morocco will be equipped with a new military zone in the north of the country. This will further grid the national territory.
On an official visit to Morocco this week, the Chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Aviv Kohavi, had several exchanges, as part of the strengthening of military cooperation between the two countries.
Moroccan Defense Minister Abdellatif Loudiyi reiterated on Tuesday, at the end of his meeting with Aviv Kohavi, the Israeli Chief of Staff visiting Rabat, Morocco’s determination to develop defense industry projects with Israel.
Morocco has ordered Airbus H135 helicopters from the European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. This will modernize and strengthen its military helicopter fleet.
Spain will deploy in September MQ-9 Predator drones from the air force on the Canary Islands, near the Moroccan borders. They will carry out missions to monitor migration flows and territorial waters.
The Chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Aviv Kokhavi, will make an official three-day visit to Morocco starting this Monday. He is the first head of the Israeli military command to visit the kingdom.
Morocco is considering buying the armed Wing Loong 2 drones from China, to replace the 4 Wing Loong 1 drones that the United Arab Emirates donated to it in 2020.
Israelis were among the twenty military observers from partner countries who participated in the Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022 in Morocco. A first.
A first batch of the 24 "AH-64 Apache" helicopters that Morocco had ordered from the American manufacturer Boeing will soon be delivered to it.