Morocco to receive powerful Mirage 2000-9 fighters that ‘retires’ UAE

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Since then, Morocco, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Israel have walked hand in hand. In this way, Rabat, after signing military agreements with the

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Since then, Morocco, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Israel have walked hand in hand.
In this way, Rabat, after signing military agreements with the US (October 2020) and with Israel (November 2021) will now benefit from the weaponry that the UAE withdraws from its military.

On December 3, the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement with France to the purchase of arms worth 19,000 million dollars, for which it has acquired 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 Caracal military helicopters, manufactured by Airbus. It is the largest international sale of aircraft in the history of France.

In this way, he transferred his fleet of 68 Mirage 2000-9 fighters to Morocco and Egypt. “The United Arab Emirates will deliver a series of Mirage 2000 Dash 9 fighters to Morocco, in the framework of friendship and military cooperation between the two sister countries,” announced this week the website of Arab Defense, a specialist in military affairs in the Arab world.

It refers to a fleet of 68 multi-role fighters, which the United Arab Emirates will withdraw from service and hand over to the Moroccan and Egyptian armed forces. This step occurred after the Emirati Army will buy 80 French fighter jets Rafale, which will join the US F-35 fighters of the Gulf country’s air force.

Mirage 2000 Dash 9​

Mirage 2000 Dash 9 fighters They are the most powerful version of the Mirage aircraft manufactured by France. Also, it is a special version only for the United Arab Emirates. It is still very powerful, and it has very advanced military technology.
These are multipurpose fighter jets, the latest version of the Mirage 2000 family. Poseen un radar multimodal RDY-2, a digital terrain tracking camera, an IMEWS countermeasures system with a Thomrad secure radio system with advanced cryptography and frequency hopping, LCD display screens and a digital recording system for four simultaneous displays, night vision goggles ( NVG) and an inertial gyroscope of the laser navigation system.

In addition, this version of Mirage allows the simultaneous use of MICA IR and EM BVR (Beyond Visual Range) anti-aircraft missiles, which is capable of attacking at distances of 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers).

It is equipped with a type II core system architecture, like a next-generation aircraft. A whole tactical electronic warfare system through the adoption of interferometry technology.

Economic and political interests​

Military cooperation between the two countries is governed by a 2006 agreement with mixed military meetings held alternately in Rabat and Abu Dhabi.
In fact, the first quarter of this year, an Emirati military delegation headed by the Major General and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Emiratis met with the heads of the Moroccan Armed Forces and the Royal Air Force in Rabat.

For its part, a high-level delegation from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces and the Moroccan Defense Administration participated in the two Defense exhibitions this year in Emirates, IDEX and NAVDEX, where the latest discoveries of the military industry, as well as the latest technologies and innovations in the sector. They also allow participating countries to close contracts with large international companies specialized in Defense.

In any case, behind this transfer of arms there is a political background of mutual support. It must be taken into account that the United Arab Emirates leans towards Morocco in reference to the conflict it maintains with the Polisario Front, and in its intention to implement an autonomy plan that annexes Western Sahara as the southern provinces.
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In 2020, the United Arab Emirates was the first Arab country to open a consulate in Laayoune, the capital of Western Sahara. Action thanked King Mohamed VI, which he considered political in nature and not only merely consular, with hardly any Emirati citizens in the non-autonomous territory. Although it always made it a condition that Morocco reestablish relations with Israel, as it finally did a month later, in December 2020.

Moroccan Defense Minister Abdelatif Loudiyi (l) and his Israeli counterpart, Benny Gantz (r) during the signing of a collaboration agreement reached on November 24 in Rabat.

Israel Defense Ministry
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For its part, Morocco reiterated last November, in New York, its “firm and constant” support for the “full” sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United Arab Emirates.

“I would like to reiterate the firm and constant support of the Kingdom of Morocco for the full sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates over the occupied Emirati islands of Tunb Small and Large and Abu-Musa, as well as the legitimate right of this sister country to regain its territorial integrity “Underlined the ambassador permanent representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, in statements collected by the national
What’s more, there is a side of economic interest. The Moroccan market currently has 30 Emirati companies, and aims to see the volume of investments double in the coming years. The United Arab Emirates is the first Arab country to invest in Morocco and ranks third in terms of foreign direct investment.

Currently, they are working together to strengthen cooperation in the fields of energy, renewable energy and climate action, the Moroccan Prime Minister told the press, Aziz Akhannouch, and the Emirati Minister of Industry, Sultan bin Ahmad Al Jaber, after a meeting they held in November, during COP26.