Morocco shows great interest in advanced Russian weapons, in advance of the S-400 missile defense system, which is the most powerful missile defense system in the world.Although Rabat has not submitted any official request until now, the "CNBC" television channel indicated, quoting its sources in the American intelligence, that 13 countries in the world are interested in buying the Russian S-400 Trimph missile systems, including Morocco.
The modern S-400 air defense missile system (Tramf), unlike its predecessor, "S-300 BM", is described by its ability to destroy all types of air targets, including winged missiles flying along the surface of the Earth, and small-sized drones,Even the devastating warheads of the ballistic track, which reaches a speed of 5,000 meters per second.No other system is able to follow up on such a path.
In this context, the Russian Ambassador accredited to the Kingdom of Morocco, Valeria Shufayef, said: “We do not have restrictions in our military and technical cooperation, especially when it comes to Morocco,” adding in his answer to the possibility of Rabat's acquisition of these devastating weapons that “these matters depend to a large extent onThe Moroccan side, it is the one who decides. ”
The S400 is the most advanced in the world and is able to address all types of warplanes, including the famous ghost plane.The system was designed at the company "Almes-Antai".The Russian army was provided with S-400 systems (Tramf) as of August in 2007, and the first battalion began with these systems its combat maneuvers in the outskirts of Moscow.
The same Russian diplomat explained that “at the present time, it is too early to discuss the possibility of selling S-400 to Morocco;As the country did not submit any official request, "he added, adding that Morocco is interested in producing the Russian military industrial complex, while Moscow was offered to" everything in its military formation. "
In a conversation he conducted with the Russian News Agency, the Russian ambassador said that "the issue of the potential delivery of Russian S-400 missile systems to Morocco was not addressed at the present time", before returning to the last meeting of the joint government committee between Russia and Morocco, which was heldLast October, which "touched on this type of weapon."The ambassador explained that "the acquisition of the defense DCA system, one needs a long and deep period to understand the purpose of these systems."
The S400 system can be provided with 5 types of missiles of various tasks and purposes.The "40н 6 е" missile came recently, in which the system was completed, and used to destroy important and complex targets, including distant radar detection aircraft and hostile ghost planes, 400 km away.