Mulls della Grecia che procurano sottomarini senza pilota israeliani – Rapporto

>As part of its arms buildup in response to Turkish threats, Greece is considering procuring at least 10 of the Blue Whale unmanned submarine manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, Greek website “Epikaira” reports.

>”Epikaira” reports that Blue Whale’s has a length of 10.9 meters, diameter of 1.12 meters, and weighs 5.5 tons. It is electrically powered, can reach a speed of seven knots and is capable of patrolling for at least ten days. Submarine detection and acoustic intelligence gathering is carried out using a tens of meters long sonar, which is installed on both sides of the submarine.

Interesting to note that Germany already tested those same drone subs as well successfuly: https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/rydy00eq71e

Greece also considers developing their own Iron Dome variant with Israel in a 2BN Euro deal: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/greece-talks-with-israel-develop-2-bln-euro-iron-dome-2024-11-14/

And is buying Israeli PULS artillery systems: https://www.timesofisrael.com/greece-to-buy-artillery-systems-from-israel-worth-over-600-million/