02.09.2018, 16:26
In Niger ist eine neue US-Basis für MQ-9-Drohnen im Bau. Diese Basis würde damit helfen, fast den gesamten westlichen Sahel sowie Teile Nordwestafrikas, und vor allem Mali und der Tschad sind ja durch Unterwanderungen durch radikalislamische Gruppen stark gefährdet, abzudecken...
Schneemann.
Zitat:US Building Air Base for Drones in Nigerhttps://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/us...47755.html
The U.S. Air Force is getting close to completing a base in northern Niger for armed drones that will target militant groups operating in the area.
Auburn Davis, a spokesman for U.S. Air Force Europe and Air Force Africa, told VOA that the base is the biggest U.S. Airforce-led construction project ever. The total proposed cost of building the base is $98.5 million. The base is in the northern city of Agadez in the Sahara Desert. There, militants and smugglers find ways to go to and from Libya, Algeria, Mali and Chad. [...]
The U.S. military said an undecided number of military drones, including MQ-9s, will also be sent to the base. They are currently being used at another drone base in the capital, Niamey. [...]
William Assanvo is a West African coordinator at the Institute for Security Studies Africa. He told VOA that the future base, “raises some concerns about foreign powers taking roots in the Sahel to pursue national interests that are not always clear…” Nigerien officials consider the Agadez base important for dealing with the growing security threat of terrorism in Niger and nearby countries.
Schneemann.