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The political and military leadership of the Ministry of Defense informed the Parliamentary Armament Commission.
According to the information, it was decided to promote the new weapons next week in the plenary session of Parliament and then in KYSEA with the urgent procedure.
According to the announcement of the Minister of National Defense, the Minister of National Defense Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos and the Deputy Minister of National Defense Mr. Alkiviadis Stefanis participated today, Wednesday, September 9, 2020, in the meeting of the Special Permanent Committee of Programs and Contracts of Armament. Greek Parliament.
The Chief of Staff, General Konstantinos Floros, the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Charalambos Lalousis, the Chief of the General Staff, Rear Admiral Stylianos Petrakis, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General (I) Nikolaos Retsas were present.
The Minister and the Deputy Minister of National Defense informed the members of the Committee about the following matters within their competence:
1. Activation of the sub-program “Improvement of the torpedo capacity of the Navy – Supply, improvement and subsequent support of Greek submarine torpedoes”.
2. Activation of the “K / B RAM Verification / Maintenance” applet.
3. Opinion on the activation of the subprogram “Supply of CADs-PADs”.
4. Opinion on the activation of the subprogram “Extension of the Life Limit Calendar of the Air Force Operational Missiles SCALP EG”.
Sources from the Ministry of Defense and Navy speak of the “mother” torpedoes, which means that the German “Sea Hake mod 4” are preferred so that it is not certification.
The same sources indicate that the number of new torpedoes is 36 and at least another 18 of the existing ones are going to be updated. The cost of this program reaches 112 million euros.
From then on according to Hellasjournal.com Greek submarines, however, remain a very special and deadly threat to Turkish warships, even with the oldest torpedoes. An important detail is that no Greek submarine has emerged since August 10, except for one that emerged only to make the all-important display of flag, presence and power.
In fact, as he stressed, the stress of the Turkish General Staff is revealed daily with the flights of S-70 antisubmarine helicopters and CN-235 planes looking for loot, which, however, do not see, do not hear, do not know, are hides deep in the seabed.
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