Pursuing diplomacy, while modernizing our defenses

Iran's attack against Israel on Tuesday with 180 missiles - most of which were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome and other additional antiballistic systems - showed how useful and urgently needed such an advanced defense system is.

Greece has made a decision to develop a multi-level air defense system - a Greek Iron Dome - in order to be able to protect itself from a potential attack that could take place by an array of possible means, from drones to short and medium-range ballistic missiles.

It is not only the Middle East. The characteristics of the military confrontation in Ukraine serve as an added reminder of what needs to be done.

Obviously, Greece would have preferred to have a friendly cooperative relationship with its neighbor to the east. Unfortunately, despite the relatively improved atmosphere of the last year and a half, we are not there yet, and...