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Old December 20th, 2008, 12:33 PM
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Default Re: Velos

According to Jane’s ‘Land-Based Air Defence’ Velos (with quote “12 Skyguard fire-control systems, 20 quadruple RIM-7M missile launchers, 280 missiles, 44 GDF-003 guns and four Giraffe radar systems”) was quote “delivered from 1984.”

Velos seems to be used by HAF rather than the Hellenic Army – as far as I can tell. I think it might be used to protect Greece’s main airbases.

Some photos of Velos and other Greek air defence systems:

http://greekmilitary.net/airdefence.htm
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