Cyprus: This is the ‘Israeli eye’ on ‘Green Line’ surveillance

Israel and Cyprus signed an important agreement last Thursday to develop a “Green Line” surveillance system.

According to Israeli reports, the company that will undertake to create the platform is Elbit Systems. The agreement was signed by Yair Kulas, head of the International Defense Cooperation Service of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, known as SIBAT, and the competent authorities in Cyprus.

According to Sigmalive.com, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Cyprus, Lieutenant Colonel Christos Pieris, reportedly told Bloomberg that the system will be developed at a value of 27.5 million euros and will provide 24-hour surveillance through cameras of its stop line. fire.

According to the Elbit Systems website, it is a high-tech group that deals with a wide range of programs around the world, mainly in the field of defense and internal security. Develops and provides a wide portfolio of airborne, land and naval systems and products for defense, internal security and commercial applications.

As mentioned, especially for surveillance and reconnaissance systems, the company has tools for all long-range applications. Installed on mobile platforms, as well as on fixed towers and turrets, these surveillance and reconnaissance systems enable the collection of high-quality tactical information for infantry, artillery and other ground forces.

These systems enable reconnaissance forces to enhance collaborative planning and conduct routine information, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and ground-based activities through the sharing of a common operational image (COP). In addition, the systems allow the monitoring / monitoring of events and the interoperability of various resources and services between the reconnaissance forces within the scope of control.

Elbit Systems has services that include built-in platforms equipped with LRF, CCD and FLIR cameras, as well as lightweight portable systems.

Ankara’s concern

Commenting on the defense agreement, Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), noted that as Turkey-Israel relations have deteriorated over the past decade, Israel has forged stronger ties with Greece and Cyprus.

According to Sigmalive.com, Lindenstrauss said that “in the context of deepening relations, Israeli companies have signed defense agreements with Greece and now with Cyprus”, to add that “in the light of growing tensions in the East “In the Mediterranean, there is concern in Turkey that Israel will become more involved in the Cyprus issue in a way that will cause growing friction between Ankara and Jerusalem.”