When the American F-16 dethrones the Rafale in Morocco

France failed to convince Morocco to acquire Rafale, the Dassault Aviation combat aircraft that has become essential, but “difficult to sell.” »

A succession of strategic and diplomatic errors, political upheavals of the last decade… France has not succeeded in convincing Morocco to sign an agreement for the acquisition of the emblematic aircraft of the French aeronautics industry. The joint efforts of Dassault Aviation, the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) and the Élysée proved unsuccessful. “We thought the game was won because it was Morocco, as if quite naturally this country was going to sign with France,” laments a senior officer in the French army to the newspaper The Express which devotes a long paper to the subject.