“Morocco seeks to boost its industry in several industrial parks while diversifying potential clients that had been steered away before because of taxation. Morocco seeks greater knowledge transfer and advanced weapons testing and production," one expert said.
Analyst Ryan Bohl told Breaking Defense the boats in question "are mostly for brown water in near shore operations that are useful for anti-smuggling activity and light security patrols."
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While not a NATO-member state, Jordan was the only Middle East country to help the US and allies in countering the barrage of 300 missiles and drones launched by Tehran in an unprecedented direct confrontation attack between Iran and Israel.
After years of fighting in the MENA, Southwest Asian regions, NATO’s priorities clearly lie elsewhere, experts told Breaking Defense.
The US State Department recently approved roughly $750 million dollars in arms sales to Morocco, including HIMARS launchers, ATACMS missile systems and Joint Stand Off Weapons.
India and South Korea are competing on a light attack deal that analysts say could boost Egypt’s domestic production and knowledge base.
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WASHINGTON: French forces have made great strides driving al-Qaeda-linked insurgents out of Mali’s major cities, said the Pentagon’s top counterterrorism official, Michael Sheehan. But any long-term solution requires local forces in the lead — not Westerners. And those recent successes in Yemen and Somalia provide a model for Mali — and for Afghanistan after 2014. […]