Belh@rra: Fourth frigate announced by Dendias, equipped with ‘Scalp Naval’ Missiles – Watch video

The launching ceremonial for the frigate “Nearchos,” the 2nd of the 3 FDI frigates (known arsenic Belh@rra), acquired by the Hellenic Navy, is presently underway. The lawsuit took spot astatine the Naval Group facilities successful Lorient, France, attended by Greece’s Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias.

During the event, the Defense Minister announced that Greece is starting procedures to get a 4th frigate of the aforesaid type. He besides revealed that Greece volition proceed with the bid of strategical Scalp missiles.

During his speech, the Defense Minister stated: “I americium pleased to denote contiguous Greece’s volition to statesman negotiations to get an further frigate, the 4th of the aforesaid type. This volition beryllium added to the KIMON, NEARCHOS, and FORMION, further strengthening our Navy,” said Dendias.

Watch Live [#LIVE] Launch of the 2nd Hellenic FDI, HS Nearchos

He continued, saying, “These frigates volition person the capableness to transportation the SCALP NAVAL missile, possibly the astir precocious cruise missile, susceptible of striking strategical targets astatine agelong distances (over 1,000 km) with large precision. This summation is portion of the 12-year Long-Term Defense Equipment Program, accompanied by a 20-year horizon, which was presented to the Prime Minister, volition beryllium informed to Parliament, and adopted by the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA). This volition let our state to respond to immoderate situation that whitethorn arise.”

Άφιξη στην Αεροπορική Βάση της Lann-Bihoué στη Γαλλία, όπου πραγματοποιήθηκε επίσημη υποδοχή από τις γαλλικές αρχές, πριν από τη μετάβαση στα Ναυπηγεία της @navalgroup στη Lorient, για την τελετή καθέλκυσης της νέας Φρεγάτας FDI ΗΝ «Νέαρχος». #Belharra pic.twitter.com/jKz7zyWJhX

— Nikos Dendias (@NikosDendias) September 19, 2024

He besides emphasized, “With the shipbuilding programme of the 4 BELHARA frigates, the modernization of the MEKO frigates, the Roussen-class rocket boats, and our submarines, which volition soon statesman implementation successful Greece. With the acquisition of 4 ISLAND patrol vessels, which volition soon articulation our fleet. With our aboriginal information successful the plan and consequent operation of the caller CONSTELLATION-class frigate. With our engagement successful the European Corvette program. With the instauration of an invincible rocket defence partition successful the Aegean. And with the promotion of respective smaller but highly operationally invaluable programs. Additionally, with the operation of caller submarines by the extremity of the decade, ever wrong the country’s fiscal limits, we are making the indispensable modernization and operational upgrade steps for our Navy and Armed Forces.”

“I person repeatedly stated that Greece’s extremity is nary longer conscionable to bargain weapons disconnected the shelf, but to enactment importantly successful the co-production of the defence systems it procures. The information of the Greek defence manufacture successful the operation of these frigates is of precocious value to us. Twenty-five contracts with Greek companies person already been signed. Our archetypal extremity for this programme is to summation Greek information from 12% to 15%,” Dendias pointed out.

Dendias was accompanied by the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, and the Chief of the Hellenic Navy, Vice Admiral Dimitrios-Eleftherios Katarras.

In a related post, Nikos Dendias stated: “Arrival astatine Lann-Bihoué Air Base successful France, wherever I was officially welcomed by the French authorities, earlier proceeding to the Naval Group shipyard successful Lorient for the launching ceremonial of the caller Hellenic FDI frigate ‘Nearchos.'”

This is the 2nd of the 3 FDI HN frigates (Kimon, Nearchos, and Formion), known arsenic “Belharra,” for the Hellenic Navy, which volition beryllium integrated into the Greek fleet successful the coming years.

The frigate “Nearchos” has a displacement of 4,500 tons, is astir 122 meters long, with a maximum velocity of 27 knots, a unit of 120, and incorporates precocious integer technologies.

Among these, it includes the PSIM (Panoramic Sensor Intelligence Module), wherever astir each of the warship’s sensor systems are integrated, the precocious anti-submarine warfare sonar, benignant CAPTAS-4, and the afloat integer Sea Fire radar.

Meanwhile, the unit of the archetypal frigate “Kimon” has begun intensive grooming to larn and familiarize themselves with the caller systems, arsenic this vessel is dissimilar thing the Hellenic Navy has antecedently experienced with frigates. The extremity of the Navy’s bid is to beforehand the bid of a 4th frigate of the “Kimon” class, which is expected to adhd important worth to the country’s naval power.

Not acold from Lorient, successful Toulon, the physics warfare strategy (ECM) for the Belh@rra frigates is being completed. This strategy is considered the astir precocious successful countering asymmetric threats, which the Hellenic Armed Forces person progressively faced, arsenic precocious demonstrated by the situation successful the Red Sea.