Analysis
Analysis: KSS-III, the Korean submarine with vertical launch cells offered to Greece by Hanwha and HD Hyundai
Analysis: Hanwha Ocean has proposed four KSS-III Batch II submarines to the Hellenic Navy, built jointly in Greece…
Desk
Analysis
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Analysis
Analysis: Greece’s Patriot batteries, their configuration, modernisation, PAC-3 MSE and ELDYSA’s combat experience
Analysis: Greece operates six Patriot batteries, bought under a 1999 contract, and the one deployed in Saudi Arabia…
Air Force
Analysis: Rubio says there is “no official answer” on weapons for Greece’s F-35s, which puts the delay in Washington, not the Hellenic Air Force
In an interview with Kathimerini during his Athens visit, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there is…
Air Force
Analysis: HAMMER munitions on Greek Rafale, the “hammers” that could change the Hellenic Air Force’s French-built strike capability against Turkey
Analysis: Greece’s 24 Rafale lack the AASM HAMMER guided bomb that French, Indian and Egyptian Rafale fleets take…
Analysis
Analysis: Stryker for Greece, what the US has confirmed, what remains open and what changes for the Army
Analysis: The United States has officially confirmed it will provide Stryker armoured vehicles to Greece, but the joint…
Air Force
Analysis: F-16 Block 70/72, how the newest F-16 differs from Greece’s F-16V Viper and which countries are receiving it
Analysis: The F-16 Block 70/72 is the new-build F-16 now in production at Greenville, with the APG-83 radar,…
Analysis
Analysis: A new role for Greece’s F-16 Block 30 with APKWS and homegrown weapons
Analysis of a proposal to equip Greece’s F-16 Block 30 fighters with APKWS rockets for counter-drone missions and…
Analysis
Sea Fire: How the AESA radar on Greece’s FDI HN frigates works
How the Sea Fire AESA radar gives Greece’s FDI HN frigates continuous surveillance and supports their Aster air…
Greece
GSI reroute claims raise geographic questions as Greece says original plan stands
Greece says it knows of no redesign of the Great Sea Interconnector. Public descriptions of the Crete–Cyprus cable…
Analysis
Greek Air Force eyes CCA drones, but what about missiles and F-16 targeting pods?
Analysis of Greece’s F-35, F-16 and CCA plans asks how weapons stocks, F-16 targeting pods and rearming capacity…
Analysis
Why Greece did not acquire 76 AAV-7 amphibious vehicles: Cost, accidents and the remaining need
Greece’s proposed 2023 purchase of 76 AAV-7 amphibious vehicles stalled amid cost and safety questions. The Marines’ ship-to-shore…
Analysis
Fidan invokes NATO Article 5 to defend Makkah pact, but the comparison misses its test
Hakan Fidan compared the Makkah defence pact with NATO’s rarely invoked Article 5 on September 21. The analogy…