Geopolitical solution to Hellenic Military Demands

As you are aware the fiscal demands on the greek budget at the moment are very high indeed

Greece is going through the biggest crisis ever due to the greed of the international financial market place and global speculators (Goldman, Lehman etc)

So what is the answer from a military / tactical point of view in terms of procurements?

Well noumero uno is to complete existing procurments successfully:

- Abrams
- Surplus M113 etc
- U-214
- NH-90
- Surplus Blackhawk helos

a big answer is given simply by the above programs

next is looking to the future:

- F-16 Upgrade
- limited Mirage update

and then we look to Russia for 'bargains' in exchanged for loans and oil

- Club - K (hidden ace that can be planted on every aegean island)
- S300 upgrade
- Iskander ballistic missile

so basically a rought and ready but highly potent upgrade of the armed forces with advanced rocketry / cruise missile / tactical ballistic missile technology will really pump up our armed forces

it is a big question mark whether Turkey will receive the F-35 (or even will exist in its current form in the next 5 years) so we can defer this decision (counter-JSF) until a later stage.. but there will be .. answers available then.. for example the Russian Stealth (PAK-FA) which in 20-40 units would prove to be a lethal adversary.....



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