Libyan National Army
Hybrid
The drone acquisition at Al Khadim is the defining first-score signal, confirming LNA's upward trajectory from the non-state baseline.
PF Score
32
Authority
42
Reach
25
Under construction
The drone acquisition at Al Khadim is the defining first-score signal, confirming LNA's upward trajectory from the non-state baseline. Chinese and Turkish systems bolster Haftar's coercive leverage in unification negotiations, but reliance on third-party operators caps the autonomous capacity gain.
Drone and arms deals consolidate eastern-Libya territorial grip.
Chinese patron backing enables limited cross-border projection into Sudan corridor.
Haftar's acquisition of Chinese and Turkish combat drones at Al Khadim narrows the power gap between his claimed authority and actual coercive capacity in eastern Libya, with cascading implications for the ceasefire balance and regional proxy networks.
The UN Panel report documents the near-complete capture of Libya's oil governance architecture by competing armed group networks, with the Haftar family's eastern operation now exercising de facto control over the NOC's decision-making pipeline and routing $3bn+ offshore via Arkenu.