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S-300 missiles to protect Athens' Olympic Games

Athens, Greece - Some batteries to be located in Crete island in order to increase the long-range defence of the territory

Greek Government had unveiled some days ago that the Olympic Games would have been defended even by the resort to the Patriot PAC-3 surface-to-air missiles, located nearby Athens in order to provide a proper protection against the risk of terroristic attempts (see for details AVIONEWS). But now it has also been underlined how the Patriot is not the only missile system re-deployed in Greece for such...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 101428
Rome, Italy, 08/06/2004 13:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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