🇬🇷 GREECE – Yesterday's statement by the Minister of Defense for the Hellenic Navy Battleship AVEROF, "a ship built by Italian shipyards with French engines and British weapons systems", means that the top design will be chosen with the incomparable combination of weapons and electronic systems from 🇺🇸 and 🇫🇷?

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🇬🇷 GREECE – Greek defense expo DEFEA2021 has revealed a Tactical Drone with 2 Hydra 2.75 in rockets manufactured by the Greek SAS.

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ISRAEL – Elbit Systems Ltd has released a video of a drone-onboard anti-missile system project.

Aircraft could use a high-energy laser beam to neutralize projectiles.

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JUST IN – 🇺🇸 US General Miller, commander of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, returns home.

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RUSSIA – In St. Petersburg on the Neva, a training session was held for the Main Naval Parade, about 20 warships and boats of various classes and displacement took part in the rehearsal.

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RUSSIA – At the "Alabino" training ground, the servicemen of the motorized rifle division suppressed the advance of the mock enemy with the help of the "Tornado-G" MLRS. salvo fire on manpower & vehicles of the "enemy" was opened after reconnaissance of the area from the UAV "Orlan-10".

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🔄 UPDATE – 🇬🇷 Greece: A mock-up of a new generation French multipurpose frigate of the FDI type (Frégates de Défense et d'Intervention) at the DEFEA-2021 defense exhibition in Greece.

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LEAKED – Israeli media reported that during the recent conflict in Gaza, an F-15 fighter was damaged by an Iron Dome missile.

During the recent fighting between Israel and Gaza, an Iron Dome missile launched toward an Israeli jet, and shrapnel hit it, according to Channel 13. In May, the IDF released for publication that the Iron Dome also downed an Israeli drone during the fighting.

According to Channel 12, the interceptor missile changed course from a rocket launched from Gaza, and exploded near the IAF F-15 jet. Military investigating.

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ISRAEL – In joint operation between the IDF, Border Police, and Shin Bet, dozens of Hamas operatives were arrested near Turmus Ayya.

The suspects were part of the Hamas student body in Birzeit University. The IDF says they were directly involved in Hamas activity in the West Bank.

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