Reports on reports that the Air Force is transferring Patriot systems to the base of Souda, in Crete, to shield potential US targets in the region, were denied by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a radio interview with Thessaloniki's Status FM radio station on Thursday morning. "There is no basis, and I will not comment on military meetings in which the Armed Forces are considering various scenarios and are ready for any eventuality. I explicitly and categorically deny that there is any such thing on the horizon," Mitsotakis said. Besides the prime minister, the Ministry of National Defence also took a clear position on the issue, stressing in a statement that"the movement of specific weapons systems is obviously outside the scope of public debate." The ministry's statement reads: "The Ministry of National Defence, by its constitutional role, must, regardless of the circumstances, take all necessary measures for the security of...