The Greek government's Parliamentary Subcommittee for Defence Procurement agreed on 17 December 2020 to proceed with the acquisition of 18 Dassault Rafale multirole fighters for the Hellenic Air Force (HAF). Although according to Greek law no vote was required for the decision, all parties agreed that the aircraft were needed. The total cost of the programme will be EUR1.92 billion (USD2.35 billion), according to Ministry of National Defence sources, while another EUR400 million will be used to purchase Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles and to upgrade missiles already in the HAF inventory (namely Mica air-to-air missiles, Scalp cruise missiles, and Exocet anti-ship missiles) for carriage by the Rafales. These missiles are currently used to arm the HAF's Dassault Mirage 2000 and Mirage 2000-5 aircraft.
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