i dont believe that it only will last for 2-3 hours.
Greece does have firepower... their air force is somewhat a danger for us.
Turkey has never been in a race with Greece in arms race. it's only the Greek governments imagination...
they have provoced us for years to take action. altough, it makes me wonder. where is Greece geting it's fuel from? i heard it was from Iran, but now since it has embargo where is it going to get fuel for it's army?
Greece not only has firepower, it has a lot of firepower.
And if you think Greece was not in an arms race with Turkey you are mistaken.
And our latest planes are block 52+. and Mirage2K -5 .
American doctrine was that Turkey will have the edge over Greece but not a decisive edge.
Greece has strategic reserves for (or at least that was the plan when I served) for a 90 day confrontation with Turkey.
Every little thing in the Greek forces is to counter Turkish abilities and forces, so in that aspect we are (or used to be) well prepared.
Also I don't like the fact that you think Greeks provoke Turkey. It is the other way around and with clear geopolitical goals. Let's not forget that.
Overflying Greek islands is not a greek provocation. Also although you may not like it, Greece has an airspace of 10 miles. The fact that Turkey does not recognise this space doesn't make Greece a provoker.
In actual fact, when Russian, French and American carriers enter the Greek FIR do so with explicit respect to the 10 mile airspace.
how come ? think about it.
Also Greek armed forces were not constructed after 1974 with the aim of defeating the Turkish forces. Such a thing is impossible by sheer numbers only.
The Greek armed forces are structured in such a way as to cause the Turkish side in a possible conflict the amount of 'pain' that will make the Turkish side back down.
A long drawn conflict between the two countries is not sustainable by Greece.
Bulgaria? they went down when USSR was dissolved. i'm surprised people looked at them as a threat. they will gain more from being an ally to us than neutral or an ally to Greece.
Armenia has taken land from us? a direct conflict with Armenia means a direct conflict with Russia. but a direct conflict with the "republich of karabagh" is not of Russia's responsibility. that means that Turkey can help Azerbaijan bomb those REAL genociders back to the shithole they came from. Karabagh belongs to Azerbaijan.