{"id":23704,"date":"2026-10-16T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/greece-and-germany-put-submarines-at-the-centre-of-defence-talks-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T14:01:25","slug":"greece-and-germany-put-submarines-at-the-centre-of-defence-talks-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/greece-and-germany-put-submarines-at-the-centre-of-defence-talks-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece and Germany Put Submarines at the Centre of Defence Talks \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"G\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany wants a role in Greece\u2019s next generation of submarines. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius raised the idea of joint work on the advanced Type 212 CD class when he met Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday at the Crete Firing Range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hellenic Navy\u2019s submarine renewal isn\u2019t expected to be funded until after 2030. Talks on which vessels to choose will only start once Greece\u2019s 2027 national elections are over. Even so, Pistorius suggested the submarines could be built in Greece itself and called the country a \u201ctrusted partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dendias said Athens wants closer defence ties with Berlin. He pointed to joint training, hosting German troops, better interoperability between the two militaries, and buying common equipment. He also invited Pistorius to visit Athens officially to keep the dialogue going.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two ministers also covered:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Their forces\u2019 shared role in the NATO-led KFOR mission in Kosovo<\/li>\n<li>Pilot training at Kalamata<\/li>\n<li>Greece\u2019s interest in the IRIS-T SLS air defence missiles recently tested on Crete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[googlesitekit-end-of-content]--><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/17\/germany-greece-type-212cd-submarines-defence-talks\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany wants a role in Greece\u2019s next generation of submarines. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius raised the idea of joint work on the advanced Type 212 CD class when he met Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday at the Crete Firing Range. The Hellenic Navy\u2019s submarine renewal isn\u2019t expected to be funded until after 2030. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greece and Germany Put Submarines at the Centre of Defence Talks \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/greece-and-germany-put-submarines-at-the-centre-of-defence-talks-greek-city-times\/#more-23704\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greece and Germany Put Submarines at the Centre of Defence Talks \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/submarine-320x200-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}