Hellenic Navy conducts SPIKE NLOS and ER acceptance firings in the northern Cretan Sea
The 23 October announcement concerns tests held on 21 October from a Machitis-class gunboat and a MARK-V craft.
Acceptance firings of SPIKE NLOS and ER guided missiles took place on 21 October 2026 in the wider northern Cretan Sea, according to a Hellenic Navy announcement published on 23 October.
Test platforms
The launches were conducted from a Machitis-class gunboat and a MARK-V special-operations craft. The Navy describes them as successful. Greek naval and air units and two Israeli missile-carrying ships participated in the joint training.
A decommissioned target vessel
The target was the decommissioned frigate BOUBOULINA F-463. The announcement attributes its subsequent sinking to a SUT torpedo fired by a submarine, rather than to SPIKE missiles.
The confirmed equipment milestone is the acceptance firings. The announcement does not establish completion of system installation across the entire fleet.
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