THE GREEK WEAPONS MOBILITY SAGA

 

GREEK POLITICIANS PANIC  AFTER TURKISH THREATS OR A PLANNED MOVE?

Only hours after Turkey announced that it will be passing a law which will allow the President to invoke sovereign powers over Greek islands and territorial waters, Greece has decided to remove the Patriot missile system from the island of Karpathos and Didimotiho which were placed to defend against  aggression from Iran and its proxies (Hesbolah). Also, the F16 planes which were sent to Cyprus as a protection force against missile atacks during the Iran-USA war are  returned to their base.

 On the map red dots indicate the locations of the defnce systems deployed for protection against  missiles coming from Iran and its proxies.

The first reactions in the Greek  media were that Greece retreated under the Turkish threat saying that Greece is using the excuse that the Iran threat is no longer evident.

If, however, this is true why did Germany  sent a Patriot battery to Turkey?

A few hours later, however, more details became evident: Apparently the Patriot battery in Karpathos has been replaced by two F16s and the F16s in Cyprus were just replaced by another set of planes. Here it is important to note that wheras the PATRIOT system is a clearly defensive weapon, the F16s are both defensive and offensive weapons something which will not please Turkey.

There is also another view: Maybe the Turks knowing that they are getting the German Patriot battery, publicised the MAVI VATAN istory to create  the illusion of leading events.

The battle for the Aegean has just become serious.