Greece stages military exercise in Aegean after Turkish survey warning

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Greece launched a medium-scale subject workout crossed the Aegean Sea aboriginal connected Wednesday, deploying air, naval and crushed forces successful a amusement of deterrence aft Turkish announcements of imaginable survey enactment successful the region.

The drill, which began astatine 5 a.m., involves the activation of Delta Force, a associated enactment of the Hellenic Armed Forces. Athens said the workout was aimed astatine demonstrating readiness and determination to support nationalist sovereignty.

More than 60 combatant jets and the full Hellenic Navy fleet are taking part, on with special forces units deployed to 30 islands and service formations successful the bluish borderline portion of Evros.

The workout follows a Navtex 0863/25 issued by Turkey’s Izmir station, reserving areas for probe by the vessel Piri Reis. The surveys were expected to statesman connected Monday, but Greek officials said the vessel remained anchored successful Izmir marina, which Athens interpreted arsenic a imaginable motion of hesitation successful Ankara.