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Moroccan Artillery 🇲🇦 vs Spanish Artillery 🇪🇸 — 2026
🇲🇦 Morocco:
HIMARS multiple rocket launcher
PULS multiple rocket launcher
AR2 300 mm multiple rocket launcher
🇪🇸 Spain:
M109A5 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
Santa Bárbara 155/52 155 mm towed howitzer
L118 105 mm towed howitzer

🚨 Iskander-1000 - the new long-range variant of the Russian Iskander 🇷🇺
The Iskander-1000 (which missile is designated as 9M723-2) is the new long-range variant of the Russian 9K720 Iskander tactical ballistic missile system. This development doubles the system's original range, allowing it to attack strategic targets at a distance of up to 1,000 kilometers.
⚙️ Key Technical Features.
* Extended range: Reach 1,000 km with a more efficient solid fuel engine and an increase of 15% in tank capacity.
* Hypersonic Speed: Reaches a top speed greater than Mach 9 (3,100 m/s) and flies at a maximum altitude of between 120 and 130 km.
* Combat Head: Carries an explosive (HE) or specialized payload of between 300 and 350 kilograms.
* Extreme maneuverability: Designed to perform evasive anti-aircraft maneuvers by withstanding overloads of more than 20G during its trajectory, making it difficult to intercept.
*Terminal attack: The missile strikes at a 90-degree angle at speeds between 1,400 and 1,900 m/s.
* Accuracy: Use a combination of inertial guidance (INS) and satellite navigation (GLONASS) to achieve an error margin (CEP) of only a few meters.
🚀 Deployment Status and Strategic Context.
Russia began production of the first batches of test and technical evaluation. Military intelligence reports indicate that its main geographical deployment is projected in strategic regions such as the Kaliningrad Oblast, thus putting most of the capitals of Central and Eastern Europe under its direct action radius. Its design seeks to actively evade NATO's advanced air defense systems.

🚨 A-29 Super Tucano - Paraguay's new combat aircraft 🇵🇾
The Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) has incorporated the Embraer A-29 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft as part of its key strategy for modernizing national defense, airspace surveillance, and combating drug trafficking.
💰 Acquisition and Fleet Details.
- Total quantity: Paraguay has purchased 6 aircraft manufactured by the Brazilian company Embraer.
- Deliveries: The first four units arrived at the Silvio Pettirossi Air Base in Asunción in mid-2025. The remaining two completed the fleet months later.
- More firepower: The aircraft were acquired to complement the work of the 6 T-27 Tucano aircraft.
🛩️ Functions and Operational Role.
- Airspace control: Their main task is to intercept illicit aircraft ( clandestine drug trafficking flights) that violate Paraguayan borders.
- Training and attack: They serve as the main attack platform, close air support, and advanced training school for the FAP's Aerotactical Group.
- International deployment: The Paraguayan fleet has gained notoriety on the continent, actively participating with its units in high-demand multinational exercises such as Salitre 2026 in Chile.
💥 Technical Specifications and Armament.
- Top speed: Capable of reaching 593 km/h.
- Protection: Features reinforced armor in the cockpit and in the engine section.
- Systems: Equipped cockpit with modern avionics, electronic vision sensors, and self-defense systems.
- Firepower: Incorporates internal 12.7 mm machine guns and the flexibility to carry 70 mm rockets, conventional MK80 bombs, or laser-guided munitions (GBU).

🇳🇮 NICARAGUA has the most Powerful Ground Army in Central America
- 50 T-72B1MS "White Eagle" Tanks
- 43 BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles
- 40 BTR-70 Transport Armored Vehicles (8x8)

🚨 Dragunov - the most produced and used sniper rifle in the world 🇷🇺
The Dragunov sniper rifle is a precision semi-automatic rifle designed in the Soviet Union by Yevgeny Dragunov and introduced in 1963. It was conceived as a designated shooting rifle (DMR) to provide long-range support fire at the level of an infantry squad, combining the semiautomatic firing rate with the lethality of a powerful cartridge.
⚙️ Features.
- Caliber: 7.62×54mmR
- Shooting system: Semi-automatic, gas recharge (short-range piston)
- Magazine capacity: 10 cartridges (removable magazine)
- Weight (empty with sight): Approximately 4.3 kg
- Total length: 1.225 mm
- Effective range: Up to 800 meters (with telescopic sight)
- Aiming system: Uses the classic 4x24 PSO-1 telescope sight, which includes an illuminated tritium or battery reticule and an integrated estadimetric rangefinder to calculate distances quickly.
⏳ Operational legacy.
Unlike traditional Western rifle models oriented towards extreme one-shot accuracy, the SVD prioritizes the robustness of the Kalashnikov platform, continuous operation in extreme climates, and the ability to perform rapid follow-up shots. It remains extensively used in dozens of armed forces around the world.

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