Parmenion

Air raid sirens will go off across Greece on Tuesday as part of an annual  large-scale military and civil defense exercise.

The will sound every 60 seconds, starting at 11 a.m. and ending at 11.05 a.m.

Greek soldiers take part in the annual Parmenion large-scale military and civil defense exercise of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, which began on Friday. As part of the exercise, air raid sirens will go off across Greece on Tuesday every 60 seconds, starting at 11 a.m.  and ending at 11.05 a.m.

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The “Parmenion” annual national defence exercise wrapped up on Thursday in eastern Rhodes in the presence of Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, the chiefs of all branches of the Greek defence forces, and regional administration staff.

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Civil defense sirens are expected to go off around Greece Tuesday as part of an annual military and public warning exercise dubbed Parmenion after the Macedonian general who served Philip II and Alexander the Great.

The Civil Protection Authority will be sounding air raid sirens in the region of Central Macedonia on Tuesday at 11 a.m.

Residents and visitors are advised not to be alarmed, as the sirens are part of a military and civil defense exercise dubbed Parmenion.

Civil defense sirens are scheduled to go off across Greece Wednesday as part of the annual military and public defense exercise dubbed Parmenion, after the Macedonian general of Philip II and Alexander the Great.

The air-raid sirens will sound at 60-second intervals, starting at 11 a.m. and lasting until 11.05 a.m.

The Civil Defence alarm sirens will be activated on Wednesday, October 5 throughout the whole country as part of the ‘Parmenion 2016’ military exercise.