Mitsotakis touts military upgrades at Defense Ministry facade unveiling

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has highlighted a 28-billion-euro subject modernization programme, inaugurating a caller "bioclimatic" facade astatine the Ministry of National Defense headquarters.

The Prime Minister joined subject chiefs and erstwhile ministers to unveil the energy-efficient façade, which envelops the main building, known arsenic Greece's "Pentagon."

The task was designed by sculptor Costas Varotsos and financed by a donation from Metlen Energy & Metals, led by its president and CEO, Evangelos Mytilineos.

The caller operation faces a monument honoring much than 121,000 Greek equipped forces members killed successful battle.

Speaking astatine the ceremony, Mr. Mitsotakis said the authorities is undertaking "the astir ambitious modernization programme successful the past of the equipped forces," with a fund expected to transcend 28 cardinal euros implicit the adjacent 12 years.

He cited the acquisition of caller Rafale combatant jets, F-16 Vipers, and the upcoming transportation of F-35s, stating the Hellenic Air Force is acquiring "strategic deterrent superiority."

Mr. Mitsotakis besides noted the modernization of the Hellenic Navy with 4 caller Belharra frigates.

"Defending our homeland is not lone astir the powerfulness of our weapons but besides the powerfulness of our practice and identity," Mr. Mitsotakis said, praising the caller facade and its proximity to the monument.

The upgrades coincide with the operation of a caller cyber warfare office adjacent to the main building.