Greek Navy Performed Live Missile Shootings

21 Feb 2013 3 Comments

On the 16th February Greek Navy conducted an exercise with live missile shootings. The exercise was held in south east of Crete.

According to official website of Greek Navy:

One land based mobile battery fired an Exoet missile, one S-70B Seahawk helicopter fired a AGM-114 Hellifre missile, the fast attack craft P-26 Degiannis fired a Penguin Mk.2 missile. The special forces team on Degiannis even fired an AT-4 anti tank missile.

The Greek armed forces are conducting a lot live missile shooting during their exercises. I guess expending a missile that, has a very little shelf life left, is cheaper than reconditioning it. Missile shootings also boosts the morale.

According to the official website of Greek Navy the target of these munitions was the decommissioned corvette Elefthria.

By the way “elefthria” means “freedom” in English.

Filed under Aegean, Greece Tagged with Aegean, Exercise, Greek Navy

3 Responses to Greek Navy Performed Live Missile Shootings

Dimitropoulos Fotis says:

22 Feb 2013 at 18:26

“By the way “elefthria” means “freedom” in English”
A very interesting way of commenting indeed, though “Eleftheria” means “Freedom” in English, Hellenic Navy has played its crucial role in gaining it (freedom) through hard times.
Best regards from Athens
- Devrim Yaylalı says:
  
  23 Feb 2013 at 01:03
  
  Thank you for your comment. Yes without a navy Greece would not have its Freedom. But there are some people who believe that the quest for a strong navy crippled the Greek economy. http://www.thenationalherald.com/article/46160.
  From any angle you look at it the sinking of Freedom by Greek Navy is ironic and symbolic.
  - Fotis Dimitropoulos says:
    
    23 Feb 2013 at 12:14
    
    “…..From any angle you look at it the sinking of Freedom by Greek Navy is ironic and symbolic….”
    What can I say? Such a wealth of angles to perceive things? So objectively desperate?
    Speaking of symbolisms and irony
    
    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-warship-safe-after-aegean-mishap.aspx?pageID=438&n=turkish-warship-safe-after-aegean-mishap-1996-08-15
    
    http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?164438-Turkish-corvette-BODRUM-F-501-hits-rocks-near-Kastellorizo-Remains-of-the-sonar
    
    Always nice to see a site owner’s angle of perception.