Tunisian Armed Forces ( Pictures & Videos )
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It has been rumored since 2016 that Tunisia flies some unarmed predators.
President Beji Caïd Essebsi announced once that the drones the US used from Bizerte will be handed over afterwards to the Tunisians.
This seems to be the first confirmation of that
President Beji Caïd Essebsi announced once that the drones the US used from Bizerte will be handed over afterwards to the Tunisians.
This seems to be the first confirmation of that
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UAE has unarmed Predator XP so UAE is already a country in the arab league that has it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force
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And the source is...Wikipedia...a total hoax..France tried for years to get them..and it was just recently that they were allowed to buy few units.
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Possible... it's not a problem of Country or Money... but "Strategy"...
TN had what the US wanted at that time... that no other country in the region was having... A gate to Libya and central Sahara...
That Predator info is old... it was already said that the drone will be given to TN forces after the deal... Today it's a pic confirmation... But who knows... maybe it's still under US supervision... (mostly not...but let's the Hypothesis run wild for the sake of the argument...)
In the End... we will know soon enough...
And in the End it's just an MQ-1... nothing crazy... a lot of "international" products of similar specs are on sale... We aren't speaking about MQ9s afterall... even less about Armed versions...
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The US hasn’t sold them to Any MENA Coutry..I will be curious to see that happen with Tunisia...Maybe with trump administration things got a lot easier to get..
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TN mostly didn't spend a Dinar on it...at least no budget was allocated for that...
So they took it as an End deal compensation.
And the "Deal" was before Trump era...
And that's also why there is a silence around it... US allies in the region... may ask the famous "Why?" added to it..." you f*cking make us sweat to get one and you give it to that country in a blink of an eye... and for free"
TN is the First MENA Predator user... who mostly got it for free... and with almost no back stage issues... (with still the small possibility of not being true)
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they are nt gonna fight anything .... mostly they will secure bamako UN facilities
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about the predator that is very good news ... hh i remember seeing in news a small clip of drone footage this removes the doubts
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Gulf news..find something else..or better a picture..
Hope that you are right...
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this is not 1st major UN Deployment for our army
this is was one of our army missions it was DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
3rd mission(MONUC): since May 2000.
* Participation:
- one contingent of 464 soldiers (ended few years back ),
- Currently 33 Officers as Military Observers in MONUSCO
* Mission:
- Insure the protection of the HQ, UN and the Joint Military Commission installations,
- Insure the medical support to the UN military and civil personnel.
- Protect and escort the VIPs.
so don't worry we are not fighting someone else war
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I am not worried...I am simply concerned that you need these troops more in Tunisia proper, than in Bamako..
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Yeah, the move is mostly to gain Experience/training than anything else...
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