With drones, anti-drones, and AI weapons: today’s military parade for October 28 – The Centaur, Hyperion & Archytas

This year’s subject parade celebrating the day of October 28, 1940, successful Thessaloniki will transportation the “scent” of the caller epoch into which the Armed Forces of our state are entering.

Among different things, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), precocious anti-drone systems, and artificial quality weapons are expected to seizure the public’s attention.

Specifically, during the parade, we volition spot up adjacent the capabilities of the Greek-made anti-drone strategy “Kentavros”, which was successfully tested connected Greek frigates participating successful Operation Shields successful the Red Sea, preventing attacks from Houthi drones.

In addition, the nationalist volition beryllium introduced to the physics warfare limb “Hyperion”, susceptible of shooting down force drones and intended for usage by aboveground units of the Hellenic Navy, arsenic good arsenic a robotic strategy for neutralizing improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

At the level of armored vehicles, we volition spot Army Leopard tanks equipped with peculiar “cages” designed to support them from imaginable hits to the turret.

In the aerial segment, we volition spot the Greek-made drone “Archytas” and a bid of mini drones from the Hellenic Naval Academy. At the aforesaid time, unmanned and autonomous helicopters, arsenic good arsenic vertical take-off drones utilizing AI technology, volition besides instrumentality part.

Among different systems, the nationalist volition besides spot up adjacent a scope of missiles and state-of-the-art precision-guided bombs with precocious operational capabilities.

The parade successful Thessaloniki volition statesman astatine 11:00 a.m. connected Megas Alexandros Avenue successful beforehand of the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. It volition besides beryllium attended by the Greek Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias, the Cypriot Minister of Defense, Vassilis Palmas, the PASOK–KINAL president, Nikos Androulakis, the SYRIZA–Progressive Alliance president, Sokratis Famellos, the Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, Philotheos, enactment representatives, authorities officials, MPs, the Regional Governor of Central Macedonia, Athina Aidona, the Mayor of Thessaloniki, Stelios Angeloudis, section authorities officials, and the enactment of the Armed Forces, Security Forces, and consular representatives.

Events successful Athens

On October 28, the programme of events for the solemnisation of the 1940 Epic Anniversary successful Athens began with ceremonial weapon salutes from Lycabettus Hill and a morning reveille played by the bands of the Armed Forces and Security Forces astatine 6:47 a.m.

This volition beryllium followed by wreath-laying ceremonies astatine the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by assorted authorities astatine 10:40 a.m., portion the parade of pupil representatives, scouts, guides, and radical with disabilities successful beforehand of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, successful the beingness of the Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

Activities and events astatine the War Museum

On October 28, the War Museum celebrates with a bid of activities and events.

Specifically, determination volition beryllium free admittance until 7:00 p.m., arsenic good arsenic free mailing of collectible/numbered “Postcards of 1940” to immoderate destination extracurricular Athens via the Military Postal Service from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Also scheduled are:

• An exhibition of philatelic materials related to the Greek-Italian War epic, presented by philatelist Konstantinos Demisianos, successful the foyer accumulation country from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• A word-decoding game from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Free themed tours of the depository halls and the 1940 day diorama from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

In addition, determination volition be:

• Screenings of day audiovisual material successful the imperishable accumulation country from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• The accidental to experience free-fall jumps and combatant craft flights via virtual world (VR) devices successful the foyer accumulation abstraction from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• An interactive VR presentation with a high-definition screen of the “Roupel Fort” conflict and equipment successful the “Battle of the Forts” hall connected the archetypal level from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Throughout the museum, visitors volition besides beryllium capable to spot AI-enhanced projections of paintings by Alexandros Alexandrakis, the creator of the “’40 Epic,” from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In the “Ioannis Kapodistrias” amphitheater, determination volition beryllium a Shadow Theatre performance by Nikos Kastanis titled “The Hero Dimitrios Itsios” astatine 12:45 p.m.

Visits to warships and a submarine successful Piraeus

As portion of the solemnisation of the 1940 Epic, the frigate “Psara”, the guided-missile accelerated patrol vessel “Karathanasis”, and the submarine “Pipinos” person docked astatine the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP).

The frigate “Psara” is of the MEKO 200 class, German-designed and built by Hellenic Shipyards, and was delivered to the Hellenic Navy successful April 1998.
The fast guided-missile patrol vessel “Karathanasis” is named successful grant of Lieutenant Commander Christodoulos Karathanasis, who fell successful enactment during the Imia crisis.
The submarine “Pipinos” is the second submarine of the “Papanikolis” class and the first built astatine the Skaramangas shipyards nether the “Archimedes” program. Its operation was completed successful April 2014.