Africa
Greek command at sea in Operation IRINI: Captain Stavros Polydorou takes over for six months with the frigate Navarinon as flagship
Command at sea of the EU naval operation IRINI, which monitors the UN arms embargo on Libya, has…
Desk
Greece
Greek foreign policy, national security, the Hellenic Armed Forces and the issues that shape Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Defense Industry
SAS Technology at AUSA 2026: SeaSting, AHM-2X AIHMI and, for the first time, the portable Spearhead loitering munition
Greece’s SAS Technology is exhibiting at AUSA 2026 in Washington, October 12-14, showing the SeaSting USV, the AHM-2X…
Europe
Hellenic Navy chief tours Italian minehunter in Venice as Dendias asks Rome for two
Vice Admiral Dimitrios Kataras visited the Italian minehunter ITS Chioggia on the sidelines of the Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium…
Air Force
Tarang Shakti 2026: US F-35s went to India, Greece did not: “They didn’t let us see the cockpit”
Tarang Shakti 2026 ends on October 12. US F-35s took part in an exercise on Indian soil for…
Analysis
Analysis: Military satellites in Greece and Turkey, Göktürk and İMECE against the Greek microsatellite swarm
Analysis: Turkey bet on a few large satellites with a military owner and a domestic industry; Greece on…
Greece
Armaments Radar: Sniper rifles, GDDIA opens negotiations for the Army’s second executive contract
Greece’s General Directorate for Defence Investments and Armaments set up a negotiating committee on October 8 for the…
Analysis
Analysis: Turkey wants SAMP/T, what France’s “Steel Dome” Aster system would mean for Greek Rafales, F-16s and FDI frigates
Analysis: If Turkey acquires the Franco-Italian SAMP/T NG, the problem for Greece would not be one more air-defence…
Asia-Pacific
Greece-India: Dendias meets the Indian ambassador on strategic defence cooperation, while Gkikas discusses shipping and shipbuilding in New Delhi
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias met India’s ambassador Ravi Shankar on October 10 to discuss deepening strategic defence cooperation,…
Greece
Houthis claim new strikes on Riyadh and Dammam; Greek foreign ministry advises against travel to Saudi Arabia
Greece’s foreign ministry advised citizens on October 11 to avoid travel to Saudi Arabia unless absolutely necessary, the…
Analysis
Analysis: David’s Sling, the missile with no warhead that Greece brings against Turkey’s Tayfun, with Rafael’s official video
Analysis: the Stunner interceptor of David’s Sling carries no explosive warhead and destroys its target by direct impact.…
Greece
Greece and Florida: first visit by a Greek delegation to the Florida National Guard since joining the State Partnership Program
A Greek military delegation led by Brigadier General Paschalis Filousis toured Camp Blanding on October 8, days after…
Greece
Sinai monastery: October 22 deadline for a deal with Egypt approaches, with the brotherhood divided and questions over the October 24 ruling
Athens regards October 22 as the last date for an agreement with Egypt on the status and property…