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 with ONEX,…
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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 since 2021…
Air Force
Shield AI and GEK TERNA eye the X-BAT unmanned fighter: agreement on an industrial and support base in Greece
US company Shield AI and Greece’s GEK TERNA signed a strategic agreement in Athens to pursue parts production, aircraft integration…
Defense Industry
Turkey: Record EUR 2.46 billion contract for ASELSAN as the “Steel Dome” expands
ASELSAN signed contracts worth EUR 2.46 billion with Turkey’s Defence Industries Agency for “hybrid air defence systems”, the largest order…
Cyprus
Egypt, Cyprus and Greece push to speed up East Mediterranean gas projects, with Cyprus’s Cronos and Aphrodite fields on the table
The energy ministers of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus met in Athens on the sidelines of the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum…
Europe
Lebanon: EU preparing a training mission for the Lebanese army; Kallas: “There cannot be a security vacuum when UNIFIL leaves”
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas announced in Beirut on October 8 that planning for a new EU mission to train…
Europe
UK: Royal Navy member charged with obtaining protected information to benefit a foreign power
UK counter-terrorism police have charged Teddy Young, 24, a serving member of the Royal Navy, with two offences under the…
Asia-Pacific
Pakistan denies New York Times report on PAF fighter jets being used against the Houthis under the Mecca Agreement
Pakistan’s Information Ministry rejected as “fake and fabricated” a New York Times report, citing unnamed Pakistani officials, that Pakistan Air…
Europe
Netherlands: “Russia is our enemy,” says the defence minister; the Russian embassy threatens a “crushing response”
Dutch Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius said in parliament on October 8 that “Russia is our enemy”,…
Politics & Diplomacy
Fidan turns cautious: Turkey will not send troops to carry out attacks under the Mecca Agreement
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on October 8 that the Mecca Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is not…
Military & Defense
Ukraine: At least 20 dead in Pryluky after a Russian cruise missile hits an apartment block; dozens of casualties across the country
At least 20 people, including five children, were killed when a Russian cruise missile hit an apartment building in Pryluky,…
Defense Industry
Germany: MEKO A-200 DEU frigate programme grows to eight ships as four more are approved from TKMS
The Bundestag’s Budget Committee approved four more MEKO A-200 DEU frigates from TKMS on October 8, exercising the contract option…