Algeria, with the support of Russia, completed the construction of a new military air base, only 72 kilometers from the border with Morocco, creating a combat infrastructure network in the unstable Tinduf region – results from satellite photos, published by the Atlantic defense and armament observatory (aoda). Moroccan media write about the provocation from Algeria.
The base is located in UMM Al-Assal near the Tinduf region, right next to the Disputes West Sahara. Two MiG-29M2 fighters are stationed in the base, armed with air-air missiles.
Satellite photos published by AODO show wide start belts, shelters for aircraft, ammunition warehouses and radar stations directed towards the territory Morocco.
Military installation network
The new base is only one element of the 25 Algerian military installations arranged along the border with Morocco.
“This aggressive military lap includes anti -aircraft batteries, artillery fortresses, armored divisions and many ready -to -fight objects, all strategically arranged within the hit of Morocco's territory, some provocatively deployed only a few kilometers from the border,” wrote Moroccan Moroccoworldnews.
Observers on which the Moroccan defense-Arabic portal on Wednesday emphasizes that the new base, especially its arrangement, can easily lead to a serious regional conflict, which could also spread to the entire Sahel region. And a possible war of Morocco with Algeria It would lead to new waves of migration to Europe and disturb the trade in the Mediterranean, warned the Think Tank Oxford Analytica, dealing with risk analysis in the world.
Hot on the Morocco-Algieria line
The tensions between Morocco and Algeria are not weakening, although both sides try to avoid war. The bone of disagreement is Western Sahara, which Morocco, supported by the West, considers her autonomous region. Algeria, on the other hand, supports Saharan separatists.
In addition, Morocco is distrustful of the military potential of Algeria, maintaining close relations with Russia, with which she signed a contract for the purchase of 14 MiG-29M2 fighters. Algeria, on the other hand, observes with anxiously, Morocco's relations with France, the United States and Israel.
Author/author: Momo/ADS
Source: PAP
Source of the main photo: Google Maps