mo4ch:>Cash-strapped Greece calls on citizens to fund battleships | Mo4ch News

Months after emerging from austerity purgatory, Greece is still too poor to afford its battleship fleet, according to Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, who asked wealthy and ordinary Greeks to make up the difference.Kammenos is hoping to raise money for new battleships by appealing to his countrymen for funds, hoping to catch the ear of some of Greece’s wealthy shipping magnates as well as working-class Greeks.In what may be the world’s first military ‘Kickstarter’, the defense minister will open a bank account on January 1 where Greek citizens will be able to donate “for new frigates and a flagship.” He promised to match all donations out of his own pocket.Also on rt.comGreeks slam Bavarian minister for joking that Greece should still be under German rule“I will be the first to deposit my salary in this effort,” he told navy personnel on Thursday, the feast day for St. Nicholas, patron saint of Greek seamen and the navy.The Defense Ministry plans to upgrade its fleet in 2019 as the na…