HELLENIC HAWK PHASE III – NEWS & DISCUSSION

OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE HELLENIC ARMY HAS SPENT MILLIONS OF US DOLLARS IN UPGRADING ITS 7 HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer) BATTERIES TO THE PHASE III mobility enhancement LEVEL. NOW, IT IS SAID THAT THE SYSTEM WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE BY THE EARLY 2010 DUE TO THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF ITS MIM-23 (B,C,E,G,K,L) MSLs!!! SINCE THE SYSTEM (ACCORDING TO RAYTHON) IS CAPABLE OF USING AMRAAM MISSILES INSTEAD (SL-AMRAAM), AS IT IS THE CASE WITH THE US AND THE SPANISH ARMIES, WHY SHOULD THE GREEKS ABANDON AT SUCH A SHORT NOTICE A SYSTEM THAT TOOK THEM MILLIONS IN UPGRADES, IN THE FIRST PLACE? IT SOUNDS REALLY STRANGE!

ps: articles in the local defence Press, suggest failure of the system on test fire simulations between the interval of 15-16 NOV ’06…