«The reforms we are going through are not a potential choice in the country. It is a term of national survival after the huge changes that have occurred over the last decade at both geopolitical and technological level“The Minister of National Defense stresses, Nikos Dendias.
«It is well known that war conflicts are now being carried out in a completely different way than we knew, at the same time that the country is facing a declared threat of war for the exercise of sovereignty and its sovereign rights by a country with a multiple population.“Mr Dendias says in an interview with the newspaper” Parapolitika “, adding that”We therefore have to respond to these conditions through a holistic – and not fragmentary – approach».
Listing the reforms, according to the Minister of National Defense “They start from the uniform and equipment of the modern fighter and reach the development of innovative media and the 20 -year -old essentially equipment (12+8 years)“, Adding that”The challenges of the modern age are not treated with hundreds of camps that plant but with mergers and an increase in completeness».
«But the changes will move to all levels. Let us not forget that a significant portion of the reforms concerns the care of the Armed Forces staff, our main power multiplier. Residential, salaries after 15 years, great improvements in health care are a part of this concern, which is also part of the “Agenda 2030“, Mr Dendias argued.
At the same time, ‘The war in Ukraine has proven that military superiority in the 21st century is not judged by the number of weapons systems, but by their combined use, responding speed and awareness of the field. ” The Minister of National Defense replies, noting that “Unmanned systems – aerial and terrestrial – offer accuracy, flexibility and often business advantage. They do not negate the value of state -of -the -art fighter aircraft. They reinforce her».
At the same time, ”This option is part of the new national doctrine of deterrence, which has the core of “Achilles’ Shield»-A multi-level dome of anti-aircraft, anti-ballistic, anti-drone, anti-submarine protection. It is a consolidated architecture that allows for the full use of the operational capabilities of each system on land, sea and air, “the Minister of National Defense explained, adding that”New aircraft and warships are released from spatial defense, now taking on a strategic role. All of the above works in combination. This is an investment in synergy».
Asked about the Armed Forces’ residential program, “It began in August 2023, with the recording of existing houses, the imprinting of the needs and the preparation of the necessary studies. At the same time the construction of 357 houses across the country was completed“Mr. Dendias described, further saying that”In May 2024, the funding of a total of 100 million euros was secured by the Public Investment Program, the first two construction phases of the residential program, for the construction of 702 houses in 54 buildings in Thrace and the islands of the central and eastern Aegean” In this context, “all of the first and second phase projects are in progress and the houses – with which the total number will rise to 1,059 – are expected to be completed and delivered for use in 2026. I recall that part of the new apartments (10 – 15%) will be used for use in critical public, social cohesion. ” At the same time, ‘We have already made a proposal for funding of 200 million euros for the construction of additional 1,500 houses in the eastern Aegean islands and in the prefecture of Evros. The goal is to cover 35% of existing housing requests by 2027, with a final horizon of the number of 4,000 apartments across the country by 2030. We also plan savings that will allow us to build additional homes“, He added.
For the forthcoming changes in military service, ‘The upgrading of basic education, as well as specialty training, is planned. They will now be integrated processes of acquiring extensive business knowledge. After basic education, the hoplites who wish it will also be able to participate in certified knowledge and skill development programs that will help them in their later lives and their career path, ”the Minister of National Defense observed, noting the tighter and institutionalization of the institutional and institutional.».
He also spoke of “recording the real estate and the development of a complete digital real estate register, so that no infrastructure, no building, no piece of land stays out of supervision”, while “the process will be constantly updated so that the State can know and evaluate and evaluate. In this direction, we are creating a statutory body for the unified management of military property. This body will not function as a profitable “real estate” mechanism, but as a operational arm to produce the property in favor of the staff of all the Armed Forces, funding the residential program, “Mr Dendias said.
With reference to the new equipment program, ‘Our goal in any case is for Greece to claim a presence in technological developments and our defense industry to contribute to the development of the Greek economy and to the use of the country’s human resources.“The Minister of National Defense underlined, while”The point is not to impose a decision on another country, but to highlight the wider consequences of such an option, which may exceed the narrow economic or technical benefits. We have to move with persuasion and make it clear what the deeper risk of such a decision is“He commented on the possibility of Turkey’s integration into European defense. “When a country imports weapons systems from states that do not participate in the EU and do not embrace the same values and principles and respect for international law, then it is at risk not only to function under the system of values today expressed by united Europe, but also to find it. The main danger behind this is the transfer of sophisticated know-how to Turkey. We must also not forget the goal of EU strategic autonomy. in the field of defense and support of its domestic defense industry. Security in Europe is a collective affair. As a state located on the external border of the Union and bears significant defensive weight, Greece has the institutional and moral basis to ask its partners to strengthen, and not to erode, the European security system“, Mr Dendias argued.
Finally, ‘The issue of the Tempe case is clearly justice. As I mentioned in the House, it is extremely dangerous if Greek society ceases to have confidence in it. But it is an issue from which the political system is judged as a whole. As a government, we must convince them that there will be plenty of light and investigating every aspect of the causes that led to the accident, dismantling once the arguments of allegedly concealment. It is our minimum debt to the families of the victims, as well as in the history of our lineup as a long -standing political power. This tragedy that has shocked and continues to shock Greek society concentrates over time and failures of state functioning. With this perspective he must deal with the investigation of the accident and the opposition. Not as a “request for the fall of the government”. The Greek people are clear that they do not tolerate an attempt to conceal, but they do not sign the attempted tooling. At the same time, we have to admit that the measures taken by the government to finally acquire Greece a modern railway are in the right direction“The Minister of National Defense concluded.