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Morocco Enhances Further its Airpower with acquisition of Chinese Drone TB-001, Making Algerian Junta Nervous

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The Algerian military regime has started feeling the heat with the growing military strength of Morocco which has just received U.S. Apache attack helicopters and purchased Chinese TB-001 reconnaissance & attack drones “Twin-Tailed Scorpion.” According to experts, the advanced Chinese long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will reinforce Moroccan military capabilities in border surveillance and […]
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Drones in Africa: cheap UAV proliferation changes warfare and fuels surge in deaths

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Across Africa, a flood of cheap imported drones is fueling conflicts, filling the skies with new dangers, making the warfare deadlier and more indiscriminate, thus increasing civilian casualties. Thanks to the proliferation of easy-to-obtain drones, by some estimates, thousands of African civilians have been killed by the so-called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the past […]
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Algeria: reinforcing aerial defense

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Algeria has set its eyes on the Adcom Systems Yabhon United 40 Block 5 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at the ongoing Dubai Air Show 2013. Algiers wants to boost its medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capacity. The Yabhon United 40 Block 5 is considered to be likely included in its fleet very […]