Spain sold 385.7 million euros worth of ammunition and military vehicles to Morocco between 1992 and 2020. A "massive" sale denounced by a senator from the Compromis party who accuses the Spanish government of having contributed to making Morocco a threat to the integrity of Spain.
Senator Carles Mulet of Compromis reproaches the government of Pedro Sanchez for continuing to provide "massive" arms to Morocco after the ceasefire with the Polisario Front in 1991.
Israel refuses to sell its "Iron Dome" defense system to Arab countries like Morocco and the United Arab Emirates for fear of disclosure of secrets.
The National Defense Administration has warned of a security flaw concerning malware distributed via Powerpoint.
The General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) of the Southern Zone is hosting, until January 28, 2022, the general planning meeting for the African Lion 2022 exercise, with the participation of representatives from several countries, in addition to Morocco and the United States.
Morocco has decided to embark on the maintenance of military aircraft. Its ambition is to become one of the countries with a military industry.
Morocco plans to build a large military naval base in Dakhla, in order to provide logistical and military assistance to friendly African countries, and to host UN (UN) and African Union (AU) peacekeeping missions.
A Spanish navy ship is currently on a mission in the Melilla region. Its presence in the enclave has not been viewed favorably by Morocco.
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) will receive new state-of-the-art American tanks in the coming days. This will strengthen its armament in a context marked by tensions with Algeria.
Morocco has just installed a military base near Rabat that houses the air defense systems acquired from China: the Sky Dragon 50 and FD-2000B surface-to-air missiles capable of countering all kinds of threats on Moroccan territory and even beyond.
Morocco is considering acquiring two MPA (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) for the benefit of the Royal Navy. Several companies are vying to supply these vehicles which will be used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, search and rescue.
Morocco received the first batch of the Chinese FD-2000B air defense system ordered in 2017 last December. Enough to compete with Algeria, the protector of the Polisario independence movement, which has cut ties with the kingdom, particularly because of the dispute over the Sahara, and has equipped itself with a comparable system from Russia.