The end of the “flagship” rule in the Aegean; Greece built a combat drone

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, at the same time as Turkey’s success in building various types of drones, Greece has also announced the construction of its first native combat drone.

According to the Wednesday edition of the websiteDefense NewsGreece’s aerospace industry has built its first domestic drone called “Gripas”. This UAV acts as a multi-purpose aircraft equipped for combat missions.

The first phase of the Gripas construction project is scheduled to be completed in the next two years and by 2025.

“Nicolas Panagiotopoulos”, the Minister of Defense of Greece, referring to this position and sarcastically told Turkey that our neighboring countries spent more than 10 years developing their products. In my opinion, Greece can go faster.

This report indicates that the first client of Gripas will be the Greek Armed Forces. Once operational, the Greek Army will use this drone at the recently upgraded Larissa Air Base.

Birqdar, Turkey’s popular and famous drone was used in the battles of Karabakh, Libya and Russia against Ukraine. Despite the success of this drone in the Karabagh and Libel areas, this drone has not been very successful against Russia’s strong defense.

While Turkish defense giant Baykar claims to source its popular combat drones entirely from within Turkey, parts of drones shot down in multiple conflicts have revealed that parts of the drone were made by American, Canadian and European manufacturers. The website “Airlive” quoted Ukrainian pilots and wrote that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles has decreased due to the coverage of Russian air defense in operational areas. Contrary to Turkey’s claim, some parts of this advanced UAV are made in America, Canada and European countries. (more details)

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