Historically a major recipient of Soviet military aid, frequent arms deliveries in the 1970s and 1980s turned Mali into one of the strongest militaries in western Africa, operating advanced equipment such as dedicated tank destroyers, S-125 SAM systems and MiG-21bis jet fighters.

2025年1月9日 · Detailing the current military strength of Mali including air force, army, navy, financials and manpower.

The Mali Air Force (French: Armée de l'air du Mali), established in 1961, serves as the primary aerial warfare branch of Mali's armed forces. [3] The force was initially created with the assistance of the French military, which provided training and …

2025年1月18日 · Moscow’s Wagner PMC units deployed in Mali, has become more active since the French military left the country in 2022. The French Armed Forces operated in Mali as part of Operations Serval and Barkhane from 2013 to 2022 and countered illegal military groups, including ISIS, which were trying to seize power.

2020年10月9日 · The Malian Armed Forces consist of the National Defence, composed of the Air Force, the Army and the National Guard, alongside the National Gendarmerie, all of whom fall under the authority of the Ministry of Armed Forces and Former Combatants (MoAF).

2024年10月16日 · BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 promoted himself Wednesday to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, the highest military distinction held only by two former heads of state in the country’s history.

2024年8月27日 · Four years ago this month, a group of Malian soldiers descended on a military base in Kati, close to the capital Bamako, arrested their most senior leaders, and seized weapons from the armoury....

2024年8月8日 · To win its counterinsurgency war, Mali’s military must focus on the fragility of the state, strained military capabilities, and fallout from Russian-Ukraine crisis.

2024年10月29日 · DAKAR, Senegal — Following an attack by one of al-Qaeda’s most powerful affiliates that killed dozens in Mali’s capital, the group’s message was clear: Its target had been Mali’s junta...

2013年8月8日 · • Mali is currently facing no external military threat. Internal • Insecurity continues to exits in Mali after the French-led military forces recaptured terrorist-held towns in northern Mali in January 2013.