Israel purchased Dolphin class submarine

Texcoco II SG

JERUSALEM - With the purchase of two more German-made Dolphin submarines capable of carrying nuclear warheads, military experts say Israel is sending a clear message to Iran that it can strike back if attacked by nuclear weapons.

missqi SG

May I ask how much is one submarine?

beavan SG

like why would they need such an asset?

Shotgun SG

A quote from an article from Defencetalk.com

The state-of-the-art submarines, manufactured by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, will be bought by Israel for 1.27 billion dollars, a third of which will be financed by the German government, the English-language daily said.

A third financed by German Govt. They must be really sorry about the Holocaust...

MrFugue SG

Interesting to see the submarines launch SLBMs from the sea.

tankee1981 SG

Just in case you have thought that this is an entirely new purchase. The Israeli Navy already have 3 such submarines. This is a much more recent additional purchase. They need more of these submarines maybe due to the fact that they will not be vulnerable to the anti-ship missiles used by the Hizbollah which struck the missile corvette recently. Cheers!

The first-of-class INS (Israeli Naval Ship) Dolphin was commissioned in 1999, INS Leviathan and INS Tekuma in 2000. The mission of the submarines is to carry out interdiction and surveillance operations and special missions. They replaced the Gal Class submarines, which entered service in 1977.

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/dolphin/Dolphin.html

YI SG

i read reports about them needing a second strike capabilities. apparently, they are referring to iran.