Posted on 04/13/2015 6:31:15 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Germany has approved the delivery of the fifth of six promised submarines to Israel – amid claims that the sub will be outfitted with nuclear weapons. Is this part of Israel's answer to the US nuclear agreement with Iran?
The German Federal Security Council, which monitors Germany's export of military goods, has given the green light for the delivery of another submarine to Israel. The news has renewed claims that Israel will fit the sub with one or more nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.
The six submarines ordered by Israel several years ago have been and are being built by the German shipyard HDW in Kiel. Four submarines have already been delivered to Israel; the last one, the INS Tanin, was handed over to Israel last September. Vice Admiral Ram Rotberg said at the time that it "can dive deeper, go farther for a longer time and can operate at a level we have not seen until today.”
The fifth submarine, and the latest to be approved, will be the INS Rahav. A sixth one is to be delivered by 2017, and Israel has even been reported to be interested in ordering three more.
Germany's Spiegel news outlet has often reported that by supplying Israel with the submarines, Germany is actually "helping Israel develop its military nuclear capabilities." Spiegel has quoted former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak as saying that Germans should be "proud" that they have secured the existence of the state of Israel "for many years."
The submarine missiles can be launched using a previously secret hydraulic ejection system.
Coincidentally or not, controversial Egyptian TV presenter Tawfik Okasha called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
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Money talks.
<< Money talks. >>
Not in this case. Germany has subsidized much of the cost of these submarines as a gift to Israel in repayment for their crimes against the Jewish people in WWII. Germany is not making any money on this deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin-class_submarine
I suspect that the Sultan would like to see the Samson Option play out. That would take care of both of the Sunni president’s two major opponents in the ME and clear the whole area for a Sunni caliphate.If the mullah’s are as religiously fanatical as they appear to be then ensuring an Iranian nuclear capacity would ensure that scenario. If rhe Iranians get cold feet then Hussein can arrange for a nuke on Tel Aviv and blame it on the Iranians and have the same result. Then if the IDF were to know immediately that the nuke arrived from America how would that modify the Option?
IOW, if Iran nukes Israel, Iran and its neighbors will glow in the dark.
NYC, the city with the wold’s highest Jewish population would probably be safe. DC? Not so much.
Even so, would you trust Obama to build anything for you?
..especially, anything high-tech.
It is not a gift from Obama. It is our gift. Things that we design oder produce normally work perfectly.
Regards from Europe
Andreas
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