{"id":16388,"date":"2025-04-04T15:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/?p=16388"},"modified":"2025-04-06T06:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T05:54:02","slug":"modernizzazione-difesa-tecnologia-20250402","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/defence-modernisation-technology-20250402\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece launches 'Achilles Shield': 25 billion for high-tech defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"522\">Greece announced a 10-year plan by <strong data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"240\">25 billion<\/strong> to radically transform its defence system, focusing on advanced military technologies and greater strategic autonomy. This was stated by Defence Minister <strong data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"433\">Nikos Dendias<\/strong>illustrating in Parliament the pillars of the programme dubbed <strong data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"521\">'Shield of Achilles'<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"567\">Modern defence against historical tensions<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"882\">The initiative stems from the need to respond to the <strong data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"659\">continuing tensions with Turkey<\/strong>related to territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean. Although both countries are members of NATO, relations remain tense and in the past have repeatedly risked escalating into open conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1123\">According to Dendias, the new Greek military doctrine marks a <strong data-start=\"943\" data-end=\"966\">epochal change<\/strong>It will move from a traditional defence system to a highly technological and interconnected one, reducing dependence on conventional fleets and focusing on:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1412\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1197\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1197\"><strong data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1197\">Mobile missile systems supported by artificial intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1248\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1248\"><strong data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1248\">State-of-the-art dronistic technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1280\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1280\"><strong data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1280\">Advanced control units<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1350\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1350\"><strong data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1350\">Individual equipment with sensors and tactical communication<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1412\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1412\"><strong data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1412\">Satellite capabilities for secure communications in war<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1565\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1565\"><em>\"We can no longer think that the Aegean defends itself only with the fleet,\"<\/em> said Dendias. <em>\"This is an existential question for our country.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 data-start=\"1567\" data-end=\"1609\">Reorganisation and internal innovation<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1611\" data-end=\"1943\">In addition to the technological component, the plan includes a <strong data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1715\">profound restructuring of the armed forces<\/strong>Units will be merged, non-strategic bases closed and the chain of command rationalised. Ample space will be given to <strong data-start=\"1838\" data-end=\"1870\">Greek technology start-ups<\/strong>which will be involved in the development of new defence solutions.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"1995\">European context and international cooperation<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2201\">The move by Athens fits into the broader context of <strong data-start=\"2054\" data-end=\"2072\">European rearmament<\/strong>driven by the war in Ukraine and uncertainty over the future of the US commitment to NATO under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2203\" data-end=\"2512\">The Greek military renewal already involves all armed forces and is based on close relations with <strong data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2339\">France, Israel and the United States<\/strong>. Just in Israel, the Prime Minister <strong data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2402\">Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/strong> met with Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli defence leadership on Sunday to strengthen cooperation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2514\" data-end=\"2750\">In Parliament, Mitsotakis also rejected opposition demands to abandon the purchase of the <strong data-start=\"2620\" data-end=\"2638\">American F-35s<\/strong>in favour of European jets, calling the US programme a \"<strong data-start=\"2705\" data-end=\"2748\">long-term strategic investment<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"    margin-top: 24px;    padding: 12px 16px;    border-left: 3px solid #6B1D3A;    background-color: #f9f5f6;    border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;\">\n    <p style=\"        margin: 0;        font-size: 13px;        color: #6b6b6b;        line-height: 1.5;    \">\n        <strong style=\"color: #4A1228;\">Source:<\/strong>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/02\/greece-vows-27b-on-defense-overhaul-centered-on-high-tech-warfare\/\"\n           style=\"color: #6B1D3A; text-decoration: underline;\"\n           target=\"_blank\"\n           rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/02\/greece-vows-27b-on-defense-overhaul-centered-on-high-tech-warfare<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece has announced a ten-year, EUR 25 billion plan to radically transform its defence system, focusing on advanced military technologies and greater strategic autonomy. This was stated by Defence Minister Nikos Dendias, explaining the pillars of the programme dubbed 'Achilles' Shield' in Parliament. Modern defence against historical tensions The initiative [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[80,653,258],"sgg_keywords":[],"class_list":["post-16388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internazionali","tag-difesa","tag-modernizzazione","tag-tecnologia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16388"},{"taxonomy":"sgg_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sgg_keywords?post=16388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}