Saturday, August 25, 2012

Turkey To Set Up War Bridges On Evros River Bordering Greece


There has been a change of tactics and strategy data on the main  confrontation line between Greece and Turkey, on the  Evros river in northeastern Greece.
With a gesture which leaves no room for any doubt about what they are planning with regard to the Greek neighbors, Turkey is considering a scenario of setting up ferry bridges [see picture], a typically offensive weapon and even in such quantities and with such features that allows them within minutes( !)  to go over the Evros river and flood the Greek territory with their forces.

Once again, the Turks break new ground. During the height of the global financial crisis , they are spending several hundred million euros in the acquisition of means to overcome water obstacles in the context of a well-thought-out and well carried out armaments program.

In addition, there has been an increase in rhetoric and complaints by Turkey that in recent days, the Greeks are violating international air space in the Aegean and that they have been "harassing" a number of Turkish
jets that supposedly are in the process of doing routine military exercises.

It sounds like an "excuse" is sought by Turkey to act aggressively against its  neighbor as any expert of the area politics knows that it is not a secret that the Turks have had their eyes on a number of Greek islands in the eastern Aegean.

The situation is volatile and international readers should not be surprised to see more developments leading to skirmishes between the two sides which may lead to more serious confrontations. Stay tuned for more.

DefenceNet - Γέφυρες πολέμου στήνει στον Έβρο η Τουρκία. Σε 15' "σβήνουν" το ποτάμι

2 comments:

  1. What is the EU or NATO is doing about it?

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    1. Hi. This is an older article from 2012. If we were to look at recent provocations by Turkey, I could say safely that I don't expect much.

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