Big_Zukini
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Greece is reportedly looking for a comprehensive defense solution involving capabilities in:
Anti:
Although Rafael is the only company explicitly named in the BreakingDefense article, the primary source did not even mention any specific country (as manufacturer). It did however mention desire for defense industrial independence which I find admirable.
It's however known that Greece has been looking particularly at Israeli air defense systems, which were uniquely built to form a national IAMD array, and which were optimized for cost efficiency - something that cannot really be said about competing western systems at the moment.
Iron Dome is explicitly mentioned but again it is simply a system tailored for Israel, derived from tech built for more readily exportable systems like Spyder and Barak for example. If Greece were to choose such system, it would likely be a similar derivative but not identical to Iron Dome.
I believe that while BD only name Rafael, Greece may also be interested in the IAI Arrow family against higher tiers of ballistic missiles, which are an emerging threat from Turkey, and a present threat from Iran.
Iran is an already materialized threat to Europe (via Russia), and has a well established force of 2,000km range missiles that put the entirety of Greece within range, as opposed to the 3,000km class that's still being developed to reach up to western Europe.
Greece is a member of the European Sky Shield Initiative, but it's possible it will not be persuaded to buy more expensive European lower tier air defenses. As part of ESSI, Arrow 3 is to be fielded in Europe. I believe Greece might lobby to locally base interceptors.
English Article:
breakingdefense.com
Primary Source:
Anti:
- Missile.
- Aircraft.
- Drone.
- Ship.
- Submarine.
Although Rafael is the only company explicitly named in the BreakingDefense article, the primary source did not even mention any specific country (as manufacturer). It did however mention desire for defense industrial independence which I find admirable.
It's however known that Greece has been looking particularly at Israeli air defense systems, which were uniquely built to form a national IAMD array, and which were optimized for cost efficiency - something that cannot really be said about competing western systems at the moment.
Iron Dome is explicitly mentioned but again it is simply a system tailored for Israel, derived from tech built for more readily exportable systems like Spyder and Barak for example. If Greece were to choose such system, it would likely be a similar derivative but not identical to Iron Dome.
I believe that while BD only name Rafael, Greece may also be interested in the IAI Arrow family against higher tiers of ballistic missiles, which are an emerging threat from Turkey, and a present threat from Iran.
Iran is an already materialized threat to Europe (via Russia), and has a well established force of 2,000km range missiles that put the entirety of Greece within range, as opposed to the 3,000km class that's still being developed to reach up to western Europe.
Greece is a member of the European Sky Shield Initiative, but it's possible it will not be persuaded to buy more expensive European lower tier air defenses. As part of ESSI, Arrow 3 is to be fielded in Europe. I believe Greece might lobby to locally base interceptors.
English Article:
Hellenic dome? Greece touts 'Achilles Shield' air defense system to free up ships, fighter jets - Breaking Defense
It remains to be seen if Athens is set on acquiring Israel's Iron Dome or holds interest in other solutions, but at a more general level, Achilles Shield is part of an extraordinary modernization push.
breakingdefense.com
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