“Defensa”: Morocco is in negotiations to buy the Israeli “Dalilah” missile
Morocco has held negotiations with the Israeli company Elbit Systems to purchase Israeli-made “Delilah” cruise missiles, which are capable of hitting land and sea targets at a distance of more than 250 km, according to the Spanish newspaper Defensa.
Morocco wants to acquire Israeli "Delila" missiles to enhance its air power, by owning cruise missiles.
According to the newspaper, negotiations are underway to reach an agreement with Elbit Systems. But the approval of the Israeli security services is necessary for the deal to come to fruition.
Morocco wants to integrate the Israeli missile with the American “F-5” aircraft that it is planning to develop.
“Dalilah” is a short-range, air-to-ground and surface-to-surface missile that can be launched from outside the range of air defenses. It was first revealed to the public in 1995. It is equipped with GPS satellite navigation systems, INS internal navigation and a bi-directional data link, in addition to a dual seeker CCD/ IIR to confirm that the target has been hit through the images it transmits to the aircraft. It is activated at the last stage of the trajectory to increase the accuracy of the hit, and this seeker can detect the target from a distance of 16 km with the ability to automatically track moving targets.
Israel used the missile in combat for the first time in July 2006 when the Israeli Air Force fired a "Dalilah" missile from an F-16 aircraft targeting a convoy of trucks suspected of transporting weapons from Syria to Lebanon.
