RABAT (Dispatches) – Morocco is currently in negotiations with the Zionist regime’s arms manufacturer Elbit Systems to acquire the Delilah short-range cruise missiles, according to a report by Spanish military news website Defensa.
The North African kingdom is looking to upgrade the capabilities of its fleet of F-5 supersonic light fighter jets with the 250-kilometre range missiles to enhance the accuracy of the air forces’ surgical strikes.
The report added that the F-5s will be equipped with the latest avionics and advanced sensor and jamming systems.
Military agreements between Morocco and the Zionist regime come amid rising tensions and a potential arms race between the kingdom and neighboring Algeria which severed diplomatic relations last year with Rabat, citing “a series of hostile attitudes and trends”.
If the deal goes ahead, it will not only be the first of its kind in Morocco’s arsenal, but also the kingdom’s first missile to be able to operate on land and sea within the aforementioned range.
In February Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) entered into an agreement with Morocco to supply the military with the Barak MX advanced air and missile system in a deal worth over $500 million. The deal followed the historic visit to Rabat by the occupying regime’s war minister Benny Gantz in November where a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed.
Earlier this month the regime’s war ministry released annual military sales figures for last year which saw a record-breaking $11.3 billion worth of sales. While Europe was the highest regional importer of the occupying regime’s military technology (41 percent), Arab regimes that recently normalized ties with the occupying regime, including Morocco, UAE, Bahrain and Sudan accounted for seven percent of exports.