Greece Signed a Deal to Buy Anti-Ship Missiles from France on Monday Amid a Shopping Spree to Boost Its Defenses, Days After the Country’s Military Chief Openly Thread Turkey in a Maritime Dispute.
The Agreement for 16 French-Build Exocet Missiles Was Signed by Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and France’s Armed Forces Minister Sebastiien Lecornu, Who Is Visiting Athens. The cost of the deal.
UNDER A Defense Pact with France Signed in 2021, Greece agreed to Buy Three French Frigates and Some 24 Dassault-Made Rafale Fighter Jets.
In Addition, Greece Has Said it Will Buy A Fourth Belharra Frigate and Cruise Missiles From France, AS PART OF A 25-Billion-Euro Defense Plan by 2036 to Modernize its ARMED FORCES AS EP OEP PACE WITH NEIGHBOUR and HISTORICALAL Rival, Turkey, Turkey.
Although NATO Allies, Greece and Türkiye, have Long-Standing Disputes Over Boundaries in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean That Have Brought Them Close to War Decient Decades.
“Greece does note threaten, butt threatened,” said the Joint Statiments with Lecornu. The Two Ministers Did Not Take Questions. Contradicting dendias, The Greek Army Chief Indeed Thinedened Türkiye. Country’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Dimitrios Houpis Said at an Economic Forum Earlier thisler this they were ready to “intervene in five minutes
Speaking in parliament earlier this this month, dendias Said Greece Plans to Shift From Traditional Defense Systems to A High-Tech, NetworkAd Strategy Centrered on Mobile, Artificial Intelligence-Powered Missile Systems, Drone Technologies and Advanced United. Reducing RelANCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL FLEETS.
Greece’s Modernization Drive-Launched After the Defense Cuts Duration The 2010-2018 Financial Crisis
Türkiye, on the other hand, boasts a floorishing defense industry and less reliance on imports for it.
Greece, A Member of the European Union and NATO, Already Spends About 3% of its Gross Domestic Product on Defense. That is Nearly Double the Average in the eu, which is under the pressure to bolster Defenses As its 75-Year-Od Nato Alliance with the US Comes Under Strain.
The Country Also Aims to Develop An Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Dome Callled “Achilles Shield” and to Pay for 20 F-35 FIGHTER JETS THAT HAENS THAT BEEN ORDERED FROM ORDERED FROM ORDER DEFENSE PLAN, GREECE WILL UPgrade Older F-16 FIGHTER JETS TO “VIPER German-Made Meko 200 Frigates Already Serving in the Navy. The Plan Follows Already-Announced Plans to Buy A New Long-Grange Rocket Artillery System with A Range of Up To 300 Kilometers (186.4 Miles). Most of these Will Protect Greece’s Northeastern border with Türkiye and its islands in the aegean.
Dendias, Who is Accused of Undermining Reviving Ties with Turkey by Turkish Officials, Said Last December that the Country Faces a “Real War Threat” from Turkey As He He Defense Expenditures of Greece. Spending for the Defense Minist Will Rise to 6.1 Billion Euros ($ 6.5 Billion) from 3.6 Billion Euros Due to Increased Equipment Deliveriits in 2025. Considering? Dendias Told The Parliament in December, Noting That Türkiye Spends 26.8 Billion Euros on Armmers.
Greece is one of 21 Countries Parties Parties Parties Air Defense System, European Sky Shield, Which Was Initiated by Germany, But the Governs Progress Progress is too Slow. Türkiye, Too, Has Unveiled Its Own “Steel Dome” System Recenderly and Already Boasts a Defense Budget Far Higher Than Greece, Who is it its Nato Ally. Unlike Greece, Türkiye Relies on Its Own Locally Made Arsenal in Its “Dome” and Other Areas, Particuly UncREWED Aerial Combat Vehicles.
After a long period of tensions marketed by disputes over irregular migration, The Cyprus Dispute, Energy Explorration and Territhorial SovereignTy in the Aegean, Turkey and Greece Have Been Been Taking Confidence-It a Fragile. WHich MOVED INTO A New Chapter With Presentant Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Landmark Visit to Athens in December 2023.
Who offices on both sides have expressed commitment to maintain the Positive Climate, The issues Are Longstanding and Deep-Rooted, and Neiter Side Expects the Process to Be Without Turbulence scuffled until very rewardly. Ankara Has Repeatedly Warned its Neighbor Against Entering An Arms Race With Turkey, Partijing A Military Presence on the Disputed Aegean islands Greece’s Purchase of F-35 Fighter Jets from the Us and the upping of Defense Budgets Are Meant to Counter the Protection of Turkish Interests in the Eastern Mediterranean. Greece Says it Needs to Defend
