The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) have received the first batch of the Chinese long-range anti-aircraft defense system with a Chinese FD-2000B battery, ordered in 2017, according to the Spanish website Defensa.com. The base houses “another Sky Dragon 50 medium-range anti-aircraft defense system, also acquired from China in 2017,” Defensa said. The battery of the FD-2000B long-range air defense system received is one of four batteries that Morocco ordered in 2017 from the Asian country. Also, Morocco had previously requested a medium-range air defense system from China, and it is related to the FD-2000 (HQ-9) SAM missile defense system. The Finance Bill of 2022 confirmed Morocco’s continuation of this approach, by allocating a huge financial budget to the Royal Armed Forces.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 21, 2021 01:24 UTC