Admiral Tsailas: We need a sovereign navy that will have a solid strike-oriented strike force on all five levels

What the Greek leadership must do immediately is to stop being indifferent to our shipbuilding skills.

Vice Admiral e.a. and well-known analyst Dimitris Tsailas comments on the issue of the Navy that our country should have.

The following is his entire speech:
Maritime power and foreign policy

The Greek leadership must take certain principles for granted and justify beyond that the direction of foreign policy and strategy. The basic principle must be that we are a naval nation. I strongly believe in a sovereign navy that will have a solid war-oriented strike force on all five levels (submarine-surface-air-cyber warfare and space). In fact, the Navy is the weapon intended to gain control of the sea and to monitor maritime traffic for the benefit of Greek and world trade, against an enemy such as Turkey. The economic war at sea is the comparative advantage of Hellenism.

What the Greek leadership must do immediately is to stop being indifferent to our shipbuilding skills. Stop stripping the navy of the naval empire by limiting the fleet to purely naval operations. To deprive the navy of its ability to make a difference in all the vital maritime space of Hellenism is a move that is considered a gross strategic blunder, foreign to the time-tested Greek traditions.

In a new post a while ago, he goes on to make another comment on Greek-Turkish and the various views that are heard from here and there:

This is where we say “Turkish analysts, teachers … and young men we became tangled hair”

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One must explain to them, first, that they must improve their understanding of the leadership of the adversary, in this case the Greeks, and our possible conduct during a crisis or conflict. Few could combine the fields of know-how to represent the Turkish leadership in a crisis or a war, and those who say so cannot.

Second, analysts need to think more holistically about the adversary’s military performance. Too often, the analysis focuses on a specific aspect of the war, such as the island blockade, and excludes the infrastructure and missions that support that aspect. Aircraft, ships, and missiles are just weapons. They need information, command and control, logistical support and finally a submarine operation where the Greek forces have the advantage with the new submarines.

Thirdly, any analysis should better take into account the real conditions. A shortcoming in the testing of Turkish weapons systems is the use of a maximum effective range for creating a beam, drawing a large red circle and declaring it a “firing zone”. Such representations tend to greatly overestimate combat capability, especially when factors such as countermeasures, weather, and island confusion limit system performance.

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