India-Greece defence bonhomie grows, sparks unease in Turkey amid missile deal buzz

India’s reported offer of a long-range indigenous cruise missile to Greece, a traditional rival of Turkey, has drawn significant attention in Ankara where media and military observers are treating it as a sign of shifting regional alignments. The reported offer, though not officially confirmed, was allegedly made during the DEFEA 2025 defence expo in Athens and involves the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LR-LACM) developed by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The Turkish conservative outlet TRHaber linked the missile move directly to Turkey’s open support for Pakistan during India’s Operation Sindoor framing the offer as a calculated Indian response.