Home 5 North Africa 5 US surveillance balloons for Tunisia

US surveillance balloons for Tunisia

According to the journalist Philippe Chapleau from the website “Lignes de défense”, Tunisia could obtain observation balloons from the United States.

This initiative is part of the Department of Justice’s program (International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program or ICITAP). The United States plans to provide 3 or 4 observation aerostats to Tunisia. The potential market also includes team training and support.

These captive balloons, fully equipped (EO / IR, radar, real-time video stream…), will have the mission to identify terrorist groups and facilitate their neutralization, particularly along the borders of Algeria and Libya.

In addition to supplying captive balloons, the US is providing military aid to Tunisia. On October 10, the State Department gave the green light to the sale of 12 Texan T-6C training aircraft (manufactured by Textron) and the supply of spare parts worth $ 234 million.

Tunisia will host the African Lion 2020 exercise (next March and April) in the Cap Serrat region.

Comments

comments

Leave a Reply

Actu en images

M-ION

Sondages

Que pensez-vous de la communication du MDN?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
x

Check Also

Algeria is testing the L39 NG

It’s official: the L-39NG demonstrator arrived in Algeria today to undergo a testing campaign, with ...

Safe Angel

Tunisia Enhances Naval Capabilities with $110 Million Purchase of SAFE Archangel Boats

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Tunisian government ...

Le jeu trouble d’intermédiaires dans les livraisons d’armes

L’utilisation d’entreprises turques pour alimenter l’armée ukrainienne en armes et munition semble se poursuivre, un ...