Greece approves purchase of air defence system, upgrade of F-16 jets

Greece’s security council, KYSEA, approved on Monday the purchase of a three-billion euro multi-layer air and drone defence system and the upgrade of 38 F-16 fighter jets, the country’s Defence minister said on Monday.

The total cost for the two projects, that were approved by a Greek parliamentary committee earlier in the month, was estimated at about 4 billion euros ($4.61 billion).

Greece is already in talks with Israel to provide a big part of the missile systems for its air and drone defence dome...