Spain plans to acquire American HIMARS missiles to reduce any imbalance of force with Morocco, in the context of an arms competition between the two countries.
Spain sponsored the FEINDEF show, which brings together the biggest military manufacturing businesses from across the world to obtain the American HIMARS missiles, which Morocco has previously acquired, according to the Spanish Defensa source as reported by Hespress AR.
Spain, through its SILAM arms program, prioritizes HIMARS missile purchases, in addition to those of the Israeli PLUS missile launcher and the Brazilian Astros Avibras missile launch system, indicated the same source.
The Moroccan army’s haste in modernizing its defensive and offensive system by acquiring cutting-edge weapons from America and Israel frustrates the Spanish right wing.
The right-wing Vox party had earlier proposed a measure that would increase defense spending in 2020 to counter Morocco’s arming drive.
Eventually, the Spanish government started to compete militarily with the Kingdom, in response to the Moroccan army’s most recent acquisitions.
Ihsan Hafidi, a security policy expert, told Hespress AR that “the armament deals that the Kingdom of Morocco has undertaken recently, which included very advanced weapons, and others given only to professional armies, have begun to worry the military class of the Spanish neighbor, and put it in front of an arms race.”
According to the expert, Spain’s current effort to close the military gap with Rabat brought on by the HIMARS missiles is proof that the tensions between Morocco and Spain frequently start in the military field.
The military expert Abderahman Mekkaou said in an interview with Hespress AR that “Morocco’s acquisition of HIMARS missiles has more technical than political motives, and it will be directed primarily at those who want to advance to the southern lands of the Kingdom, rather than at any regional country.”
The military expert believes that the relationships between Madrid and Rabat have a strategic component that spans several levels and cannot be competitive in character, particularly considering the last bilateral summit’s improvement in relations between the two nations.
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