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 "slug": "greece-israel-sign-achilles-shield-3-billion-tel-aviv-davids-sling-spyder-barak-mx",
 "title": "Greece and Israel Sign the EUR 3 Billion Achilles Shield — David's Sling, SPYDER and Barak MX as One Network",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/greece-israel-sign-achilles-shield-3-billion-tel-aviv-davids-sling-spyder-barak-mx/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/greece-israel-sign-achilles-shield-3-billion-tel-aviv-davids-sling-spyder-barak-mx/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-31T20:31:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-02T20:31:59.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTel Aviv, 31 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Israeli defence ministry director general Amir Baram and Greek armaments director Major General Ioannis Bouras signed the Achilles Shield agreement at the Israeli ministry's Tel Aviv headquarters\n * The signed programme totals EUR 3.035 billion, under the EUR 3.5 billion ceiling Greece's KYSEA security council approved on 23 July\n * The architecture networks Rafael's David's Sling and SPYDER with IAI's Barak MX under a new national command-a",
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  "international-affairs"
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