Greece Oks plans to buy anti-drone ‘Achilles Shield’ for 2.8 bn euros
Greece on July 23 approved plans to buy an anti-missile, anti-aircraft and anti-drone defensive dome called “Achilles Shield” from Israel for 2.8 billion euros, a Defense Ministry source has said.
The purchase is part of a 4.2 billion euro ($4.8 billion) defense spending blitz which also includes C-390 Millennium transport aircraft, Heron unmanned aerial vehicles, Apache helicopter missiles, Victa stealth watercraft and frigate sonar systems, according to a ministry document.
“Achilles Shield was approved” at a meeting of the Greek council of foreign affairs and defense (KYSEA), headed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the ministry source said.
Greece has traditionally invested at least two percent of gross domestic product on its defense owing to decades of tension with regional rivals Türkiye.
