In 2021, Morocco received a total of 1,000 launchers and anti-tank missiles, T-72M combat tanks and ammunition for its Bayraktar TB2 drones, according to the United Nations Register on Conventional Arms (UNROCA).
Amar Belani, the special envoy in charge of the Western Sahara and Maghreb countries dossier at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reacted to the extension of the Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022 to Mahbès, a city in the Sahara.
Morocco plans to acquire Israeli-made cruise missiles, Delilah, to arm its F-5 fighters.
The US personnel due to participate in the Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022 have arrived in Morocco via a French army air-to-air refueling and transport (MRTT) aircraft.
The Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022 began in Morocco on Monday, June 20 and will continue until July 1, 2022 in Kenitra, Agadir, Taroudant, Tan Tan and Mahbès. It will involve Moroccan pilots who will train on Apache helicopters.
Spain has confirmed that it will not participate in the military exercises organized by the US and Moroccan armies, African Lion 2022, which will take place from June 20 to July 1 in Morocco and other African countries.
The US Africa Command provides details on the Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022, which involves soldiers from the American, European and African continents. The military maneuvers are organized in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and Ghana.
Spain exported 3.2 billion euros worth of arms to Morocco, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates in 2021, down 9.1% from 2020. This is revealed in the report of the Secretary of State for Trade on the export of defense and dual-use material for the year 2021.
The Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022, which will take place in new areas in the southern provinces, just a stone’s throw from the Tindouf camps and a few kilometers from the eastern borders of Morocco, is causing panic in the eastern neighbor. To the point that the Algerian army has organized military maneuvers in Tindouf, with live ammunition.
Morocco has received in recent weeks the first two batteries of the VL MICA short-range air defense missile system.
After missing last year’s edition due to the diplomatic crisis with Morocco, Spain will also not participate in the "African Lion 22" military exercises organized by the American and Moroccan armies, which will be held from June 20 to July 1 in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and Ghana.
In 2021, Morocco received 1000 portable anti-tank missile and rocket launchers manufactured in Ukraine.