The base is located in UMM al-Assal near the Tinduf region next to the disputed Western Sahara. The two MiG-29M2 fighters stationed in it are armed with air-to-air missiles. Satellite photos published by AODA show wide start belts, shelters for aircraft, ammunition warehouses and radar stations directed towards Morocco territory.
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.
Morocco supported by the West, Algeria by Russia
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, while Algeria 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 with Morocco's relations with France, the United States and Israel.
Observers on which the Moroccan Portal Defense-Arabic cited on Wednesday They emphasize 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 the possible war of Morocco with Algeria would lead to new waves of migration to Europe and would interfere with trade in the Mediterranean, warned Think Tank Oxford Analytica, dealing with risk analysis in the world.
