Posted on 09/12/2020 6:52:40 PM PDT by Mariner
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister outlined plans Saturday to upgrade the country's defense capabilities, including purchasing new fighter planes, frigates, helicopters and weapons systems amid heightened tensions with Turkey over rights to resources in the eastern Mediterranean.
In an annual state of the economy speech, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece would obtain 18 new French-made Rafale fighter planes to replace its aging Mirage 2000 fighters, buy four navy helicopters and four new frigates and was refurbishing another four frigates.
The armed forces will obtain new anti-tank weapons, new torpedoes and new guided missiles, as well as hire 15,000 more people over the next five years, he said.
France welcomed the Rafale acquisition, the first by a European country.
“Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly welcomes the choice announced today by Prime Minister Mitsotakis to acquire 18 Rafale aircraft,” a statement by France’s Armed Forces ministry said late Saturday.
“This choice...strengthens the link between the Greek and French armed forces, and will allow them to intensify their operational and strategic cooperation,” the statement said, adding that a contract will be signed “in the coming months.”
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This is as strong a signal from the EU as you're going to see.
Greece has been completely and totally bankrupt since 2010.
But this money is the result of French and German banks buying Greek bonds anyway.
Who is the seller? Cut the crap.
What crap?
French and German businesses will sell the equipment.
Oh France-my bad. The surrender monkeys would sell their grandmother for a buck.
Greece is bankrupt. This is Germany and France buying Greece arms with gov’t-backed banks as a cutout, to equip Greece as a bulwark against Turkey.
Greece is a vassal state of China now. They sold the ports.
Almost bankrupt nation to buy billions of dollars worth of high end military equipment.
“Almost bankrupt nation to buy billions of dollars worth of high end military equipment.”
Pretty amazing, eh? It’s almost as if other nations are preparing a proxy war against Turkey...almost. Naw. Couldn’t happen today.
Just as a matter of curiosity, who is underwriting the insurance on the bonds being used to pay for this buildup. (Asking for a friend.)
who is underwriting the insurance on the bonds being used to pay for this buildup. (Asking for a friend.)
:).
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