Armament programs to be streamlined

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias has decided to design from scratch a new long-term plan for Greece's armament programs, in order to streamline spending. 

According to well-informed sources, Dendias and his close aides concluded after a thorough review of the facts that there is not only no budgetary space for new arms programs, but also little room for payments for existing projects. And because the country's defense cannot be subject to constant cuts, it was decided to halt some funding and infrastructure projects until the necessity of some of them is assessed. 

The difficult fiscal years are the next four (2024-27), with some space to reopen after 2028.

Needless to say, these decisions do not involve projects that have weighty political significance, such as the procurement (in due course) of the F-35 fighter jets.

Among the projects to be suspended...