Greece is reportedly seeking to acquire Israeli anti-aircraft and artillery weapons estimated to cost it approximately 3.5 billion US dollars in its modernization of its military forces, reported Reuters on Friday.
The two nations are in negotiations on a multilayer anti-aircraft and anti-drones system, which is a massive project initiated by Greece in April 2025 and named, according to the report, Achilles Shield.
We are interested in purchasing 36 PULS anti-artillery systems and anti-aircraft systems to use in “Achilles Shield.” The talks with Israel will continue to increase next month, a Greek official told the news agency.
PULS (Precise and Universal Launching System) is a multi-rocket launcher designed by Haifa-based military technology firm Elbit Systems that can launch any type of ammunition to a range of different distances using the same position, either to a range of up to 185 miles or a range of up to 185 miles according to the Elbit Systems site.
The 36 PULS rocket artillery systems, which have an estimated cost of $755 million, according to the official, would be used in the protection of the Greek border with Turkey.
According to a report by Reuters, Athens has committed itself to spending approximately 33 billion by the year 2036 in order to match Ankara.
The report further added that Greece is also buying stealth fighter jets, frigates, and submarines from the U.S and Europe.
A second official in Greece was quoted as saying that they are negotiating with Israel. The second official has mentioned that Athens was keen on acquiring the high-technology weapons of Israel in 2024, but the war in Gaza postponed the talks.
The initial official stated that approximately 25 percent of the security modernization plan would be financed by Greek companies.
According to the report, the Balkan nation is a user of the U.S.-made Patriot long-range anti-aircraft defense systems; however, it desires to upgrade its older Russian-made OSA, TOR-M1, and S-300.
In September, a survey was carried out that indicated that despite the vociferous minority among the left wing of Greek politics that have attempted to intensify pro-Palestinian views to the point of media support, most of the Greeks have taken sides with the center-right government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, which has advocated closer relations with Israel in defense and diplomacy.
The survey was an online survey by the Greek news site News Break, whose primary focus was to determine the opinion of the people in favor of the retention of the strategic relationship.
77 percent of the participants indicated that they support the idea of maintaining the strategic relationship, terming Israel a natural partner of Greece. Just a fifth of the voters, or twenty-one percent, said they were against the partnership with reference to alleged violations of international law in Gaza by Israel. The other 2 percent indicated that they did not have an opinion. There was a participation of 5,616 individuals.
