The multidimensional role of the Hellenic Armed Forces, which highlights Greece as a centre of geopolitical cooperation and a pillar of stability, was analysed by Defence Minister Evangelos Apostolakis during his speech at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington. 

urkey is escalating its provocations in the eastern Mediterranean region by projecting its new military hardware. Ankara launched the new long range Khan missile system with a 280km range.

The Greek Armed Forces became the target of an organized cyberattack. The computer network of the Ministry of Defense, the National Defense General Staff and the Navy General Staff were fiercely attacked in one of the most -if not the most- serious such incidents of its kind.