The latest satellite imagery from October 2013 acquired by DigitalGlobe shows the French and US drone aprons at Niger’s Diori Hamani International Airport located in Niamey. In January 2013 it was reported that two French Harfang drones from the 1/33 “Belfort” were operating over the skies of Douentza and Gao as 4,000 French troops began retaking the areas from Islamists. […]
Digital Globe imagery from November 2012 shows a French C-160 Transall at Niger’s International airport in Niamey. There’s nothing really special to note about this imagery other than the aircraft itself, as it again reinforces a prior assessment made back in May.
Islamist militants executed twin suicide car bombings at an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger in retaliation for the country’s military involvement in neighboring Mali. According to press reporting, 23 people — including 18 soldiers, four bombers, and one civilian — were killed in a car bomb attack against Niger’s military garrison in Agadez. […]
While President Francois Hollande announced that French forces would intervene in January, satellite imagery suggests the decision was probably made at least three months prior in October 2012. Interventions are always interesting affairs. The reasons behind them quite frequently differ which is why various parties in the international community have a difficult time trying to create […]
Although announced earlier in April, the French defense minister recently reiterated France’s intention to keep around 1,000 troops in Mali to assist the approximate 12,600 UN peacekeepers expected to arrive around July 1st. “From now on we are in the post-war phase. The U.N. resolution adopted yesterday will allow for the arrival of a force to […]
On 06 March 2013, the Italian Army 4th Air Defence Artillery Regiment of Mantova (Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei Peschiera) and the French Air Force evaluation center CEAM (Centre d’Expériences Aériennes Militaires), jointly conducted the fire of a third MBDA Aster 30 Block 1 medium-range surface-to-air missile from the SAMP/T (Sol-Air Moyenne Portée/ Terrestre). [1,2] The test […]
