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2026-09-01 Europe

Greece inks record $3.5 billion deal to buy comprehensive missile defense system from Israel

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-01 2026-09-01 01:26|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [196 views ] Top

1 Battleswarm Blog:

Turkey: We Put Out A Warrant For Netanyahu’s Arrest. Israel: Enjoy Greece Having Our Cutting Edge Weapons.

Israel-Turkey relations have run hot and cold under Turkey’s jihadist “president for life” Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and right now they’re enjoying another cold spell. Turkey said it wanted an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel stopping another stupid “Gaza Flotilla” (which, like previous incarnations, were designed to deliver headlines and weapons rather than aid). Israel hit an airbase in Syria where Turkey was building up supplies to station troops. But Israel also found a non-kinetic way to hit back at Turkey as well: Selling air defense systems to Greece.

Achilles’ Shield, named after the mythological Greek hero, will be jointly built by Israeli and Greek defense manufacturers. According to the newspaper, “the new anti-aircraft, anti-ballistic and counter-drone system will be operational within 35 months.”

“It will comprise a range of weapons systems creating overlapping “domes” over the entire Greek territory, supported by an integrated command-and-control system and involving the participation of Greece’s defense industry,” the daily added.

The project is already in an advanced stage. Israel has tested the components of the new system on its Iron Dome platform. “The system is designed to combine existing Greek assets, including Patriot air defense systems and drones already deployed at military facilities on islands and the mainland, with Israeli-made air defense platforms,” the English edition of Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported Friday. “Officials say the systems incorporated into Achilles’ Shield have already been integrated into Israel’s Iron Dome architecture and tested against aerial attacks.”

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-01 07:09|| 2026-09-01 07:09|| Front Page Top

2 Incidentally, how much Israeli tech is going into our Gold Dome?

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-01 07:11|| 2026-09-01 07:11|| Front Page Top

3 ^
I doubt much actual hardware has been purchased yet. The general design (many thousand satellite anti missiles with AI) is agreed upon. But there are many alternative configurations to be studied as well as staging alternatives and system integration). I suspect there are a few prototype parts that are in hand.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-09-01 18:16|| 2026-09-01 18:16|| Front Page Top

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