Now Iranian drones are being deployed in North Africa and are posing a direct threat to Morocco. While the world was mesmerized by its nuclear program, Iran built itself into a powerful supplier of military drones to the insurgents of the world. Iran’s experience with drones goes back to the war Iran and Iraq fought between 1980 and 1988. Now the Iranian military claims that its defense industrial complex can make the engines and all the parts of its drones domestically. Today’s generation of Iranian drones can carry substantial ballistic loads, as well as loitering for as long as 24 hours and sending back vital material on critical infrastructure.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 08, 2023 06:00 UTC