Mitsotakis News

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

Greek FDI Frigate Kimon Receives Extra VLS Cells

11 Jun, 10:31
2 mins

During the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to France, 16 additional Sylver A-50 VLS cells were spotted on the FDI frigate Kimon.

Navy / Maritime

Hellenic Navy, from Chaos to Strategy

03 Dec, 09:48
2 min read

Hellenic Navy re-organises its order plans for its equipment programs while FDI, corvettes, MEKO, Type 214, and LCS are on the table.

Bilateral Relations

Greek-British Meeting Cancelled

28 Nov, 08:58
2 min read

Greece and the UK's planned Prime Minister’s meeting has been cancelled. Greek Premier tweeted that it was the decision of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Bilateral Relations

Greek Prime Minister to Visit Turkey

09 Mar, 02:00
1 min read

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to visit Turkey on Sunday to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Air Bilateral Relations

The first six Rafale aircraft were delivered to Greece

19 Jan, 12:00
2 min read

The first six Rafale fighter jets, out of a total of 24 ordered from France by Greece, landed at the Greek Airbase in Tanagra to join the 332 Squadron.

Navy / Maritime Weapon / Missile

HN Wanted So Badly but Money Talks for Armament

20 Nov, 12:32
2 min read

France and Greece established a “strategic partnership” in defence where France would supply the air and naval platforms and armament. Greece believes that the acquisition of new frigates will shift the power balance to Greece in the Aegean Sea and East-Med. However, the Greek publication navaldefence.gr indicates that the Belharra-class frigates will lack what the Hellenic Navy (HN) wanted most.

Navy / Maritime Bilateral Relations

Greece Buys French Frigates

28 Sep, 02:25
3 min read

Greece prefers French ships to modernise its naval forces with Naval Group’s Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI)(the export designation Belh@rra®)

Navy / Maritime

France wants to sign the Greek Deal

28 Sep, 11:04
2 min read

France and Greece want to end the acquisition struggle with Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention (FDI)(the export designation Belh@rra®) and Gowind corvettes.