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Stingers, Maverick Missiles Among Ammunition Destroyed in Greece’s Explosion - Reports

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Surface-to-air Stinger missiles and launchers. File photo  - Sputnik International, 1920, 29.07.2023
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ATHENS (Sputnik) - Among the munitions exploded in Thursday’s blast in Greece were AGM Maverick missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft systems, and some shells, the local newspaper reported on Saturday.
On Thursday, an ammunition depot, which belongs to the Greek air forces, caught fire near the town of Nea Anchialos in central Greece, local media reported, adding that the fire spread to the ammunition depot due to the strong wind from a wildfire raging nearby.
At the same time, The explosion did not affect the most advanced and expensive weapons, such as High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM) and Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), the news outlet reported.
A firefighter tries to extinguish a forest fire near the beach resort of Vatera, on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, Greece, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. People were evacuated on Saturday as a wildfire threatened properties near a beach in the southern part of the island, which is also a popular tourist attraction. - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.07.2023
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The Greek defense ministry has not confirmed the information concerning the types of munitions destroyed.
Severe wildfires are raging across Greece, with particularly dangerous ones in West Attica near the seaside resort of Loutraki on the Gulf of Corinth and on the island of Rhodes, where the situation is still out of control. Many houses have burned down. The island authorities have already evacuated about 19,000 people from high-risk areas, as the wildfire keeps spreading due to strong winds, with flames over 5 meters (16 feet) high in some places.
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