Greece has made a bulk purchase of Israeli-made anti-tank missile systems in the amount of 335 million euros, as well as simulators designed to train personnel serving the systems.
In early December, the Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Amir Eshel, paid an official visit to Athens, during which several deals were signed for the purchase of Israeli weapons by Greece, the newspaper reports. NewsRu.
This week, the Greek media published details of the signed deals, the largest of which is the purchase of multifunctional anti-tank missile systems Spike-NLOS manufactured by the Rafael concern in the amount of 335 million euros. In addition to the complexes themselves, Rafael will supply Greece with eight simulators designed to train personnel serving the complexes.
The NLOS version of the Spike missiles stands for “Non Line Of Sight” and is currently the longest-range version of the Spike missiles.
Part of the complexes will be installed on helicopters, and another part – on the ships of the Greek Navy. The ground complexes intended for deployment in the Ionian Islands and along the Greek-Turkish border will be installed on Sand Cat armored vehicles manufactured by the Israeli company Plasan from Kibbutz Sasa.
In addition, Apache helicopters, on which anti-tank systems are planned to be installed, will undergo avionics modernization, for which the Israeli defense concern Elbit will be responsible. A deal was also concluded for the purchase of the Orbiter UAV manufactured by the Israeli company Aeronautics.
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