Greece Plans UAV Base on Samos, Directly Opposite Turkish Coast
⚓ AEGEAN — Greece plants drones off Turkey's coast while NATO watches Hormuz. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Samos sits 1.5km from the Turkish mainland — a UAV base there compresses Ankara's reaction time to near zero. With US naval assets concentrated in the Gulf, Athens is testing how much NATO friction it can generate uncontested. Turkey's threat calculus shifts: Samos changes Aegean surveillance geometry permanently, not just during crisis.