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Morocco & The North African Arms Race - Strategy, American Equipment & The Algerian Build-up

As I've said before, most of the time on this channel, we focus on military developments in Europe or Asia. but the global surge in military spending since 2022 is also playing out in Africa. A few weeks ago, we talked about the North African state that driving a lot of that growth - Algeria and its surge in purchases of new equipment, including some of Russia's top tier platforms. That nature of arms races though is that any one country building up is often going to impact the balance with their neighbours and increase the pressure on them to ramp up in response. One nation watching the Algerian spending spree particularly closely then, is likely to be neighbouring Morocco -A constitutional monarchy with closer ties to Washington than Moscow & long running tensions with Algiers. So, for the second time for a nation study on this channel, welcome to North Africa. Patreon:   / perunau   Reading and Sourcing (It's been a hard day in Aus so these will mostly come on the 16th of December): Unless otherwise noted, platform counts per Military Balance 2024 by the IISS IFM Data (Morocco) https://www.imf.org/external/datamapp... IMF Data (Algeria) https://www.imf.org/external/datamapp... SIPRI Arms transfer Database https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsT... U.S. EDA Data https://www.dsca.mil/Programs/Defense... SIPRI - TRENDS IN WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURE, 2024 https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/f... RUSI -- Morocco as a Strategic Partner in Supporting the Sahel Region’s Security https://www.rusi.org/explore-our-rese... U.S. GOV - Defence cooperation with Morocco through 2030 https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories.... U.S. GOV - Security Cooperation with Morocco https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-secur... Morocco Abrams https://media.defense.gov/2024/Dec/09... Morocco and Indian IFVs https://militarnyi.com/en/news/indian... Israeli Govt on Moroccan defence ties https://www.gov.il/en/pages/israel-an... Featured or relevant articles https://fr.le360.ma/politique/les-far... https://northafricapost.com/54458-mor... https://www.armyrecognition.com/archi... https://www.military.africa/2022/01/m... https://alert5.com/2021/12/22/morocco... https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/... https://www.armyrecognition.com/archi... Morocco receives Apaches https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/moro... https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021... Caveats & Comments: All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I note that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete examination of the topic and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other any other views and/or decisions. Any content relating to the conduct, views, activities or any aspect of any person or character in this video is included for entertainment purposes and does not represent an assertion of fact on those matters or any matters in relation to that person or character. Care has been taken in compiling data, quotes, and other inputs from various sources but errors can occur. Quotes and included data should be considered illustrative, not definitive and their veracity should not be relied on. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Opening Words 00:01:32 — What Am I Talking About? 00:02:01 — History & Strategic Context 00:19:18 — the Army 00:41:48 — the Air Force 00:52:46 — the Navy 00:56:28 — the Big Picture 01:00:34 — Channel Update