The signatures in Tel Aviv activate the largest-ever Greek-Israeli defense deal — David’s Sling, BARAK MX, SPYDER, advanced radars and a unified Command & Control architecture will create a new national “nervous system” against missiles, drones and saturation attacks
As Greece and Israel advance the agreements for the new Greek air and missile defense architecture, Adonis Georgiadis delivers the political message: Athens is investing not in individual governments, but in long-term strategic alliances — with Turkey, deterrence and the balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean firmly in the background.
Greece is moving toward a multi-layered defense architecture combining sensors, radars, command-and-control networks and different interceptors — detecting the threat first, classifying it in real time and assigning the right weapon to destroy it
Athens and Jerusalem move to seal the core of a multi-layered air and missile defense architecture worth more than €3 billion — with a 35-month implementation horizon, at least 25% Greek industrial participation and sovereign access to critical command-and-control technology
A Turkish UAV entered sensitive airspace near one of Greece’s most strategically important NATO-linked hubs just hours after Ankara warned Athens over drones on Rhodes, forcing Greece to scramble two F-16s against a far cheaper unmanned aircraft.
Rafael, IAI and ELTA bring combat-proven technology, but Athens is setting a crucial condition: Greek control over command-and-control, access to source code and substantial participation by the domestic defense industry
