In recent years, as the defense budgets of European powers stagnated and their economies reduced growth rates compared to previous decades, nations such as Morocco or Algeria have invested increasing amounts in their defense, encouraged by an economic situation. buoyant. In no other area has this situation manifested itself as clearly as in the naval field. If a few decades ago the power differential between the north and south of the Western Mediterranean was overwhelming and very favorable to powers like Spain, today the differences have narrowed and everything indicates that they will be even smaller in the years to come, which is not This does not mean in any case that navies such as the Moroccan or Algerian ones can overshadow any of the European ones, except in specific aspects, such as submarine warfare.
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