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For his leadership From Greece στα armament against her Turkey The German newspaper Handelsblatt speaks.
“Athens buys new fighters for billions. “In the arms race with Turkey, Greece is gaining the upper hand,” is typically mentioned in a response from Athens titled: “Warships and fighter jets: therefore Greece is arming against Turkey.”
The German newspaper notes: “Asked why his country, which is still in the middle of the economic crisis, spends so much money on weapons, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis responds: “Because our neighbor is Turkey and not Denmark.”».
“With the purchase of new fighters, Greece wins in the air against Turkey. Just a few years ago the situation was different. By ordering 100 F-35s, Ankara wanted to secure its super ship over the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean. In the summer of 2019, the US canceled the order by punishing Turkey for buying the Russian S-400.
Tragic irony: the first six F-35 bound for Turkey possibly delivered to Greece. Since President Trump imposed other sanctions, other weapons programs have been questioned, such as the possible modernization of the Turkish F-16s. However, Greece is unlikely to win the arms race against Turkey.
The neighboring country has eight times the population, four times the GDP and its defense spending in 2021 will be four times the Greeks. In the air, however, Turkey is at a disadvantage. It has 207 fighters against 189 Greeks, but Greece will regain lost ground in the next three years thanks to upon receiving the French Rafale and F-35 “.
Source: Deutsche Welle
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