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Greece agreed in 2021 to get three new Belharra frigates for 3.0 billion euros ($3.34 billion), with an option for one more, as it aims to replace old units that have operated for more than 30 ...
The third Hellenic Navy frigate would be built from the outset in the "Standard-2" configuration. [15] As of January 2023, 23 contracts had been signed with Greek companies participating in the frigates' construction, with 10 more during the same year.
Variant of the Dutch Kortenaer-class frigates. Elli and Limnos built specifically for the Hellenic Navy. Eight further Kortenaer-class frigates bought second-hand from the Netherlands. Bouboulina decommissioned in 2013. France: Class: Kimon (F 601) Φ/Γ Κίμων: Commissioned in September 2023.
1st Communications, EW, Surveillance Regiment 473rd Surveillance Battalion; 476th EW Battalion; 479th Signal Battalion; Corps Engineer Command; Corps Field and Air Defense Artillery Command 1st Artillery Regiment-MLRS 1st AR Headquarters Company; 36th Signal Company; 193rd Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion; 194th Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion
Greece said on Thursday it would send a naval frigate to the Red Sea to protect shipping after attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi group. On Wednesday, the Greek Shipping Ministry advised ...
The IV Army Corps "Thrace" (Greek: Δ΄ Σώμα Στρατού «Θράκη», abbr. Δ΄ ΣΣ) is an army corps of the Hellenic Army.Established before the First World War, it served in all conflicts Greece participated in until the German invasion of Greece in 1941.
According to NATO sources in 2008, Greece spent 2.8% of GDP on its military, which translated to about €6.9 billion (US$9.3 billion). [7] In 2008, Greece was the largest importer of conventional weapons in Europe and its military spending was the highest in the European Union relative to the country's GDP, reaching twice the European average ...
The 1st Infantry Division was established in Larissa on 19 March 1897 before the outbreak of, and in response to, the Greco-Turkish War. [1] Formed, predominantly, from personnel recruited from Thessaly, it originally comprised two infantry brigades (1st and 2nd) and three Evzone battalions, and was tasked with the defence of the frontier from the Thermaic Gulf (near the Tria Platania heights ...