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The Ministry of National Defence (Greek: Υπουργείο Εθνικής Άμυνας, abbreviated ΥΠΕΘΑ), is the civilian cabinet organisation responsible for managing the Hellenic Armed Forces, the leader of which is, according to the Constitution (Article 45), the President of the Republic but their administration is exercised only by the Prime Minister and the Government of Greece.
The Battle of Agios Dometios (Greek: Μάχη του Αγίου Δομετίου), was an engagement between Hellenic, Cypriot, Turkish and Turkish Cypriot forces between 14 and 17 August 1974.
The Hellenic Armed Forces ( Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized : Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force . The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense .
t. e. The military history of Greece is the history of the wars and battles that took place in Greece, the Balkans, and the Greek colonies in the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, respectively, since classical antiquity .
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff ( Greek: Γενικό Επιτελείο Εθνικής Άμυνας, abbr. ΓΕΕΘΑ) is the senior staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces. It was established in 1950, when the separate armed services ministries were consolidated into the Ministry of National Defence. Its role in peacetime was as a ...
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The Mako missile is 13 feet long, 13 inches in diameter, and weighs 1,300 pounds, including a 130-pound warhead. [1] It is powered by a solid-fuel rocket motor and capable of achieving hypersonic speeds of at least Mach 5, though specific details about its flight profile have not been disclosed. [1] According to Rick Loy, Senior Program Manager ...
The SS190 uses a 2.7 mm (0.11 in) shorter projectile with a mass of 2.0 g (31 gr), which has, when fired from the P90, a muzzle velocity of roughly 716 m/s (2,350 ft/s; Mach 2.1). The shorter length of the SS190 projectile allows it to be more conveniently used in the 5.7×28mm FN Five-seven pistol, which was also being developed at that time.