アルジェリアとモロッコは、drones;遠隔無線操作偵察&暗殺無人飛行(兵)機を、国境監視に使用
Los ‘drones’ surcan el Magreb a la caza del terrorista
Argel y Rabat compran aviones no tripulados para vigilar sus fronteras y el Sáhara
Argelia será en 2014 el país de África que más gasta en Defensa
El presupuesto militar argelino supera en varios cientos de millones de euros al de España
Los aparatos que adquirirá Marruecos tienen tecnología francesa e israelí
Ignacio Cembrero Madrid 26 ENE 2014 - 09:48 CET
Un soldado francés ante un avión no tripulado Harfang en la base de Nyamey (Níger). / martin bureau (ap)
A French soldier with a drone base in Harfang Nyamey (Niger). / Martin bureau (ap)
Harfang Nyamey（ニジェール）での無人機ベースでのフランスの兵士。 /マーティン·ビューロー（AP）
Un soldat français avec une base de drones Harfang en Nyamey (Niger). / Martin Bureau (ap)
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The drones ply the Maghreb terrorist hunt
Algiers and Rabat buy drones to monitor its borders and the Sahara
Algeria will in 2014 the African country that spends most on defense
The Algerian military budget exceeds several hundred million euros from Spain
Devices that have acquire French Morocco and Israeli technology
Ignacio Cembrero Madrid 26 ENE 2014 - 9:48 CET
The drones reach the southern Mediterranean . Algeria, a country rich in hydrocarbons, acquired dozens and Morocco, with fewer resources , will buy three, but large, with wide endurance.
It is a new episode , the latest of the long arms race being waged for decades the two heavyweights of the Maghreb whose relations " are bad and have even worsened in recent times ," recalls Carlos Echeverria, professor of international relations UNED defensive specialist .
But the ongoing fight between the two southern neighbors Spain - Morocco has land border and the Algerian coast is just 130 kilometers from Almeria alone does not explain this large arms bet.
"Instability in the Arab world , terrorist threats accentuated , especially in the case of Algeria , the need to control its borders [ all of them except theoretically closed Tunis ] and , perhaps someday, to project its military capacity to countries their environment , "continues Echevarría . " Protected by the Algerian cordon , Morocco is less vulnerable to terrorist threat ," he adds .
Algeria bought 30 E95 surveillance drones manufactured by the Russian company Eniks Kazan amounting to almost 36.6 million euros , according to the Algerian daily El Watan . Will they patrol along its 6,386 kilometers of porous borders . Algiers also negotiating the purchase of drones Yi Long, of the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics more expensive and would be armed . The Chinese made in November , a demonstration of their equipment in the Algerian desert , apparently , was convincing .
Borders are an obsession of the Algerian military . In 2007, already an expensive project shuffled electronic shielding by hundreds of radars whose bidding the Spanish company Indra associated with France's Alcatel presented . The initiative did not come out . Now drones cheaper plan .
Although the U.S. and especially the Gulf monarchies finance part of its arms purchases , Morocco has no resources of its eastern neighbor . So just going to receive , for a token three drones Harfang resale so far used by the French Air Force . He added four U.S. Predator XP has since last year .
Their priority is the skies of Western Sahara and the southern border with Algeria. The cease- fire with the Polisario Front lasts for 23 years and follow the steps of the Saharawi independence movement is not the first goal. They should rather be used to detect terrorist infiltration and illegal trafficking .
The Harfang are a French-Israeli product to be delivered by France to Morocco needed the approval of the public company Israel Aerospace Industries. It is somewhat paradoxical that Rabat is equipe with Israeli technology while in his Parliament four games, two of the government majority and two from the opposition , have introduced a bill that prohibits trade or private contacts with the Jewish state .
The drones are the most colorful aspect of some weapons programs , according to Felix Arteaga , a researcher at the Real Instituto Elcano, focus primarily "on the ground forces , tanks and armored vehicles."
Although attempts to cut the deficit of public finances , the Moroccan defense budget is one of the few items that increased in 2014 by 0.73 % to 2,822 million euros.
This increase is unrelated to that of Algeria. With its 9.286 million euros, Defense is now the main Algerian budget chapter . Along with interior absorbs no less than 36% of spending. Algeria is the African country that devotes more money to defense, ahead of Egypt and South Africa.
This year spend more than Algeria Spain although its GDP is almost a seventh of the Spanish . After successive cuts the Spanish Ministry of Defense and its autonomous bodies only obtained 6,870 million euros to which must be added to cover any extraordinary credit programs arms purchases . Altogether not reach 9,000 .
Military spending almost not discussed in the Maghreb parliaments. " What about a defense budget that has tripled since 2009 ? " Dare , however , ask the Algerian socialist deputy Chafaa Bouaiche . " When will it end this arms race ? " He said on the floor of the House.
European neighbors in Algiers these questions are made. " Algeria is a prerequisite to ensure the safety of Sahel partner " notes , for example, the comprehensive report published by the French Senate in July of that region. " Nothing can be achieved without Algeria, great military power whose army has 300,000 soldiers and knows terrorism ( ... ) ," he adds .
And the terrorist danger remains. A year ago the Algerian Mokhtar Belmojtar kidnapping perpetrated the greatest in the history of Africa in the gasística Amenas plant in southeast Algeria. It was a blow to the energy industry. " We believe it has the ability to again carry out an attack like the Amenas " warned a few days ago General David Rodriguez , head of Africom , the Pentagon command for Africa.
A base in Niger
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The Pentagon hastily opened a year ago near Niamey (Niger ) , first base drones in North Africa that operate about 300 soldiers. The drone MQ-1 Predator Americans were , at times, the eyes of the French Army in January 2013 triggered a military offensive to dislodge Al Qaeda and its followers in northern Mali , which had taken over in the spring of 2012.
France also wanted to have their own means of surveillance in their former colonies in the Sahel belt threatened by terrorism . His defense minister , Jean -Yves Le Drian, announced last May that it would buy 12 MQ9 -Reaper drones , latest generation , the United States amounting to 670 million euros.
The first two aircraft were delivered a few weeks ago the French Ministry of Defence and even transiting through France. They were sent directly from the factory in the U.S. General Atomics to joint base Niamey.
So the French priority was clear . Le Drian the Minister further stressed the move, January 1 , Niamey to attend the premiere of the new unmanned aircraft .
These drones "will serve primarily for the control of certain areas " and seek " terrorism intelligence," according to a French press . In theory only fly Niger and Mali , but also otean the Fezzan ( southern Libya ), which since last year has become a haven for radical Islamists .
For now these devices are only equipped for reconnaissance, but if the terrorist threat was booming in Paris and Washington do not rule make the necessary changes so that they can carry missiles.
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