{"id":465,"date":"2026-06-04T10:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/?p=465"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:38:59","slug":"d-choupis-archigos-geetha-i-prooptiki-nafpigisis-enos-ellinikou-ploiou-apokta-krisimi-stratigiki-diastasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/nea\/d-choupis-archigos-geetha-i-prooptiki-nafpigisis-enos-ellinikou-ploiou-apokta-krisimi-stratigiki-diastasi\/","title":{"rendered":"D. Houpis, Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff: The prospect of building a Greek ship takes on a critical strategic dimension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategic importance of the shipbuilding industry, the need to strengthen Greek defence production, and the new opportunities created by the plans of the Ministry of National Defence within the framework of the \u00abAgenda 2030\u00bb <strong>the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, <\/strong>at the BLUE STRATEGY SUMMIT 2026 conference, organised by the Hellenic Shipbuilders\u2019 Association (EEN) at the InterContinental Athens on Monday 25 May under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic, with the support of the Ministries of National Defence, Environment and Energy, Development, Labour and Social Security, Infrastructure and Transport, and Shipping and Island Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff noted that \u00abthe sea has always been the fundamental pillar of Greece\u2019s national identity and economic openness\u00bb, even more so today in a context of growing hybrid and maritime threats\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ab\u00bbThe prospect of building a Greek multi-purpose vessel and the ongoing cooperation between the Armed Forces and the Hellenic Coast Guard takes on a particularly critical strategic dimension in terms of both location and timing,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2-930x620.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/bluesummit_x2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;As he pointed out, the transition \u00abfrom geographical position to capability, and from there to power, is at the heart of today\u2019s debate\u00bb, whilst emphasising that the seabed is now emerging as a critical theatre of modern operations. At the same time, he described the Navy as \u00abthe cornerstone of national security\u00bb and highlighted the need to strengthen shipbuilding capacity, develop low-cost autonomous systems, transitioning to network-centred systems based on open technology, and strengthening cyber security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Firechat: P. Xenokosta and A. Exarchou at the Blue Strategy Summit\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e3cYxkYwa78?list=PL2sEfeoNfThGr2Htm1qmD-TNAM-yrvRyd\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the entire EEN Blue Strategy Summit 2026, as broadcast live on its YouTube channel, here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=po-OwjiZSYQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=po-OwjiZSYQ<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff referred to the strategic importance of the shipbuilding industry, the need to strengthen Greek defence production, and the new opportunities created by the plans of the Deputy Ministry of National Defence within the framework of the \u00abAgenda 2030\u00bb, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, at the BLUE STRATEGY SUMMIT 2026 conference, which was organised by the Hellenic Shipbuilders\u2019 Association (HSA) at the InterContinental\u2026&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nea","tag-blue-stratetegy-summit-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsas.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}