Turkey secretly building Somalia space base to boost missile range
Expert Dr. Rashid Abdi warns Turkey’s groundbreaking Somalia security deal includes space facility for ballistic missile testing that could threaten Israel.
Turkey has expanded its influence across Africa and can no longer be ignored by Israel, according to Dr. Rashid Abdi, director of research at the Sahan Global think tank in Kenya, who spoke at the Africa-Israel Economic Forum held over the weekend. “Israel’s rivals are expanding influence in Africa. Israel cannot afford to stay out of the arena,” he said during the event.
Abdi came to Israel as a guest of the Israel-Africa Institute. In conversation with Israel Hayom, he revealed Turkey conducts launch experiments in Eritrea with ballistic missile that can reach Israel, among other destinations.
“The main message for the State of Israel is that Israel cannot afford to stay out of Africa, out of the Red Sea arena, out of the western Indian Ocean. Many of Israel’s strategic rivals are advancing very strongly on the continent right now,” Abdi said.
Source. Israelhayom
