Israel says submarine infiltrated its coastal waters
JERUSALEM (AP) — A foreign submarine slipped into Israeli waters last week, cruising the coastline near Lebanon before being detected and departing, Israeli authorities said Monday.
The vessel belonged to a NATO member country and was detected during the night between Nov. 9-10, an Israeli military official told The Associated Press while speaking on condition of anonymity.
Israeli defenses spotted the vessel just inside Israeli territorial waters about 12 miles off the northern coast, the army official said.
Israeli Army Radio said the sub was in the area of Nahariya, a northern Israeli coastal town near the border with Lebanon. The official army statement gave no details of the precise time or location of the incident.
“The navy spotted and tracked last week an underwater target which was identified as a submarine,” a military spokeswoman said. “After it was spotted and tracked, the submarine left.”
On Nov. 7, a pilotless drone aircraft flew from Lebanon into Israel north of Nahariya and filmed reconnaissance pictures for 20 minutes before flying back across the border, according to the militant Shiite Islamic group Hezbollah, which said it sent the drone.
Israeli military officials said at the time that Hezbollah got the drone from Iran, its major patron, and an enemy of Israel.
So whose submarine would that be?
That's interesting.
I knew about the drone, but not the sub.
If it can happen in Israel, it can happen here.
Something to think about.
thanks I posted this yesterday JJ