It gets worse. The govbernment's excuse is the need to participate in NATO surveillance missions instead of letting Turkey take its place!
Kammenos defends deal to upgrade surveillance planes Defense Minister Panos Kammenos Monday defended a decision to sign a 500-million-euro contract for the upgrade of five P-3B Orion aircraft, saying that the move, which he claimed was key to Greece’s participation in NATO surveillance missions, had been rubber-stamped by two separate inner-cabinet meetings. The decision was signed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on March 15, following a recommendation by Kammenos. The contract will be undertaken by Lockheed Martin. The 35-year-old aircraft are currently grounded, which prevents Greece from undertaking NATO surveillance operations in the region. NATO has assigned the role to Turkey instead, Kammenos said. Excerpt. Article at http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_06/04/2015_548880 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
