UPDATE 3-Israel and Greece sign record defense deal Reuters 14 hrs ago
(Adds Greek source saying S-300 was not activated in ongoing Israeli-Greek air force exercise)
JERUSALEM, April 18 (Reuters) - Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defense procurement deal, which Israel said on Sunday would strengthen political and economic ties between the countries and the two countries air forces launched a joint exercise.
The agreement includes a $1.65 billion contract for the establishment and operation of a training center for the Hellenic Air Force by Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems over a 22-year period, Israel s defense ministry said.
The training center will be modeled on Israel s own flight academy and will be equipped with 10 M-346 training aircraft produced by Italy s Leonardo, the ministry said.
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US defense secretary Lloyd Austin in Israel amid Iran nuclear talks
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US defense secretary Lloyd Austin in Israel amid Iran nuclear talks
AFP / Apr 11, 2021, 13:49 IST
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TEL AVIV: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Israel Sunday on the first high-level visit from the new US administration, after talks restarted on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Austin s visit comes just days after Washington said it had offered very serious ideas on reviving the hobbled agreement that is staunchly opposed by Israel.
Austin s first scheduled stop on the two-day trip was a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz.
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Centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran.
TEHRAN, Iran Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising regional tensions.
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, stopped short of directly blaming anyone for the incident. Details remained few about what happened early Sunday morning at the facility, which initially was described as a blackout caused by the electrical grid feeding the site.
Many Israeli media outlets offered the same assessment that a cyberattack darkened Natanz and damaged a facility that is home to sensitive centrifuges. While the reports offered no sourcing for the evaluation, Israeli media maintains a close relationship with the country’s military and intelligence agencies.