Greece Expands Israel Defence Axis With $750M PULS Rocket Deal
By Bosphorus News Defense Desk
Greece signed a roughly $750 million agreement with Israel's Elbit Systems in April 2026 for the procurement of PULS rocket artillery, adding long-range precision strike capability to its land forces.
The deal covers launchers, munitions packages and integration support. Greek officials have presented the acquisition as part of a broader modernization effort linked to NATO interoperability, while Israeli reporting has highlighted the system's modular design and export flexibility.
At the center of the package is the PULS platform's ability to fire different rockets and missiles from the same launcher. The system can be configured for 122 mm, 160 mm, 306 mm, 330 mm and 370 mm munitions, allowing a single platform to cover both shorter-range guided fires and deeper strike missions.
That flexibility matters more than the launcher name itself. Depending on the munition selected, PULS can fire Accular guided rockets at shorter ranges, EXTRA missiles out to around 150 kilometers, Delilah cruise missiles to around 250 kilometers and Predator Hawk tactical ballistic missiles to around 300 kilometers.
The system also uses GPS and inertial navigation-based guidance for several of its precision munitions. In some configurations, it can carry loitering munitions as well, giving the platform a wider mission set than conventional rocket artillery alone.
Greek authorities have not publicly detailed deployment locations or the exact force structure that will receive the system. Still, the acquisition marks a clear move toward a deeper and more flexible strike envelope than traditional artillery provides.
The purchase also sits within a wider security alignment that now extends beyond bilateral procurement. As Bosphorus News previously reported in Greece, Cyprus and Israel Push Ahead With Military Alliance as Drills and Billion-Dollar Arms Deals Take Shape, the trilateral framework has already moved into an operational phase, with joint exercises, Israeli know-how transfer and parallel arms programmes taking shape.
The PULS deal is not an isolated purchase. In March 2026, Greece's parliament also cleared a broader defence package built around the Israeli-linked Achilles Shield air defence architecture.
The rocket artillery deal, the trilateral framework and the Achilles Shield track point to a deeper Greek shift toward Israeli systems in both land-based strike and integrated defence planning.
While Athens presents the purchase as a modernization step, the system's range and payload options will draw attention across the Eastern Mediterranean. A launcher able to switch between guided rockets, cruise missiles and tactical ballistic missiles adds a different kind of land-based strike depth to Greece's military planning.
No official response from Türkiye had been issued at the time of publication.