File photo - Hand out file photo dated December 16, 2015 of a Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft of the French Air Force equipped with SCALP long-range air-to-surface cruise missiles prepares to take off from an airbase in Jordan. Greece has announced a significant weapons purchase as tensions with neighbouring Turkey rise. The new arms include 18 French Rafale fighter jets, four frigates and four navy helicopters, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. The country also plans to increase the size of its armed forces by 15,000 soldiers over the next five years. Tensions have flared between Greece and Turkey over gas reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by ECPAD via ABACAPRESS.COM