greece wants its rafale fighter jets ‘armed to the teeth’

Greece wants its Rafale fighter jets ‘armed to the teeth’
as expected, the Greek parliament voted to buy french rafale multipurpose aircraft in addition to 18 aircraft, including six new ones, the deal will also include long-range missiles.
Greece said that the recently approved purchase is part of a larger plan that expects to rapidly and resolutely increase the armed forces’ capabilities.
to this end, all three types of armed forces are to be modernized, including the air force, which is crucial in a possible fight over the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. its main strength is the 153 f-16c / d, supplemented by 42 mirages 2000, responsible for the crisis clash with Turkish aviation and specialized for this task.
current investments in greek military aviation will include upgrading the majority of the 84 f-16c / d to the f-16v package, and the purchase of approximately 20 f-35as is under consideration. also, an aviation school is established together with Israel.
the greeks will buy 10 m-346 masters for it. in this context, rafale’s purchase should probably be treated not as a displacement of the Americans from the market but as an additional squadron.
meanwhile, rafale’s purchase expects to cost USD 3.4 billion, and their deliveries will begin in the middle of this year and end by mid-2023. the purchase price will also include MBDA meteor long-range air-to-air missiles.

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