Agreement signed for PULS rocket launchers, part of the “Achilles’ Shield” defense network

Today, the intergovernmental statement for the procurement of the PULS (Precise & Universal Launching System) Rocket Artillery System was signed, arsenic announced by the Hellenic General Directorate for Defence Investments and Armaments (GDAEE).

The statement was signed by the Director General of GDAEE, Major General Ioannis Bouras, and the caput of SIBAT, Brigadier General (ret.) Yair Kulas, successful the discourse of enhancing artillery capabilities.

As announced pursuing the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA), this circumstantial armament programme consists of aggregate rocket launcher systems (MRLS), and their procurement volition beryllium carried retired done an intergovernmental statement with Israel, arsenic Athens seeks exertion transportation arsenic good arsenic the improvement of associated actions successful the defence manufacture assemblage with Tel Aviv.

Specifically, the MRLS volition beryllium mounted connected Italian-made vehicles by IVECO, portion the procurement includes:

• 36 MRLS vehicles
• 6 artillery Fire Direction Center (FDC) vehicles
• 2 battalion FDC vehicles
• 36 ammunition transport vehicles
• 288 rockets with a scope of 35 km (Accular, 122 mm caliber)
• 320 rockets with a scope of 150 km (EXTRA, 306 mm caliber)
• 120 rockets with a scope of 300 km (Predator Hawk, 370 mm caliber)
• 108 loitering munitions (SkyStriker, scope 100+ km)
• 324 grooming rockets