DefenceTalkThe Hellenic Navy, Lockheed Martin and Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) hosted a ceremony today at HAI’s facilities here to recognize the official launch of the Hellenic Navy P-3B maritime patrol aircraft modernization and upgrade program. On July 13, the first of two Hellenic Navy P-3B Orions were successfully transferred from Elefsis Air Base to HAI’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/greece-launches-p-3b-orion-upgrade-67890/

DefenceTalkAs the Prime Minister attends an EU summit on the migration crisis, the Royal Navy is deploying amphibious landing ship royal fleet auxiliary (RFA) Mounts Bay alongside 2 border force cutters to join the NATO mission in the Aegean Sea that aims to reduce the flow of migrants from Turkey to Europe. RFA Mounts Bay, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-deployment-for-nato-mission-in-aegean-sea-to-tackle-migrant-crisis-66969/

DefenceTalkGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Tuesday that the issue of whether Germany should pay reparations to Greece for the Nazi occupation during World War II had been settled, while not denying the country’s moral responsibility. Athens’ new radical leftist government has stepped up pressure on Berlin over the emotional and controversial issue of war […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germanys-schaeuble-insists-greece-war-payments-settled-64111/

DefenceTalkA Moscow-friendly Greece could paralyse NATO’s ability to react to Russian aggression, former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski warned Wednesday. Athens could use its veto to slow the alliance’s response if Russia set its sights on its Baltic member states, he told Poland’s Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The Cold War-era hawk, who worked for president […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-friendly-greece-nato-63652/

DefenceTalkGreece’s new government remains committed to its NATO role despite close ties with Russia that have worried its allies, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos told AFP on Wednesday. Speaking after his first meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and on the eve of a gathering of the alliance’s defence ministers, Kammenos played down concerns that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/greece-defense-minister-reassures-nato-over-russia-ties-62650/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Greece for CH-47D Chinook helicopters and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $150 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Greece has requested […]https://www.defencetalk.com/greece-to-buy-ch-47d-chinook-helicopters-61141/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Greece for P-3B aircraft overhaul and upgrade as well as associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $500 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on October […]https://www.defencetalk.com/greece-requests-p-3b-aircraft-overhaul-and-upgrade-60709/

DefenceTalkA Cyprus reunification deal would generate a 20-billion-euro ($27.2 billion) peace dividend for the recession-hit island, according to a study released Thursday. The study predicts an elusive UN-brokered peace deal would raise per capita incomes by approximately 12,000 euros, expand the size of the economy by around 20 billion euros and add an average 2.8 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyprus-settlement-worth-20-billion-euros-59727/

DefenceTalkIsraeli, Greek and US warships began a joint two-week Mediterranean naval exercise codenamed “Noble Dina” on Thursday, the Israeli military said. “Noble Dina, one of the navy’s scheduled annual exercises, is part of the security cooperation between the Israeli navy and foreign naval forces,” a statement said. Israel’s military sees it “as an opportunity for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-us-and-greece-launch-joint-naval-exercise-47090/