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Germany subsidizes sale of four warships to Israel
Reuters ^ | May 11, 2015

Posted on 05/11/2015 6:26:52 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

May 11 Israel bought four German-made corvette warships on Monday to help secure its Mediterranean gas rigs, with Berlin heavily subsidizing the deal, Israel's Defence Ministry said on Monday.

The ships, worth 430 million euros ($480 million), will be built by Thyssen Krupp and delivered within five years, providing significantly more fire power to Israel's navy.

The German government will pay 115 million euros towards the cost. As part of its atonement for the Nazi Holocaust, Germany is committed to Israel's security and has often helped pay in the past for the cost of military equipment such as submarines.

Thyssen Krupp also committed to buy 700 million shekels ($181 million) worth of Israeli goods under the contract.

"The deal signed today is an event of the utmost significance that dramatically upgrades the navy's capabilities of defending the State of Israel's strategic sites in the gas realm," Defence Ministry director-general Dan Harel said.

Israel's economy would also be buoyed, he added.

Israel has huge and mostly untapped gas fields that cover some 23,000 square km (9,000 square miles) of sea -- more than Israel's territory on land.

Israeli planners see possible sea-borne or rocket threats to gas facilities from Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, making expanding the naval presence a priority for them.

Israel's navy chief, Admiral Ram Rotberg, said in a separate statement that the corvettes would be classed as "Saar 6" missile boats -- suggesting a major improvement in capabilities.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cyprus; danharel; gaza; germany; hamas; hezbollah; idf; israel; lebanon; ramrotberg; thyssenkrupp; tkms; turkey; waronterror
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1 posted on 05/11/2015 6:26:52 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

You know, the Germans always make good stuff.


2 posted on 05/11/2015 6:30:03 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: sukhoi-30mki

As part of its atonement for the Nazi Holocaust, Germany is committed to Israel’s security and has often helped pay in the past for the cost of military equipment such as submarines///

This is as it should be, but when i mentioned that Abe of Japan should just Apologize to Korea and China, i got destroyed with comments like “he wasn’t even alive then” and “this nonsense of holding onto the past is absurd” etc.

God only knows how many hundreds of billions in todays dollars they would have to give those countries for the horrors inflicted.


3 posted on 05/11/2015 6:31:58 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622

Because that’s racis?


4 posted on 05/11/2015 6:38:11 AM PDT by null and void (My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front)
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To: NorthMountain

The INS Shamwow?


5 posted on 05/11/2015 6:40:35 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator

For mopping up islamists ...


6 posted on 05/11/2015 6:41:37 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: NorthMountain

lol


7 posted on 05/11/2015 6:42:37 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: NorthMountain

Germans doing the work that the Obamanites won’t do (anymore).
The former U.S. would support Israel, blindfolded.


8 posted on 05/11/2015 6:43:07 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: null and void

I don’t think on a conscious level.

I wonder why those countries never went before then UN demanding compensation.

Good grief, what the Japanese did to those countries were the stuff of nightmares. I’ve read some crazy stories. And it was on a massive scale.

cant even print here some of the things they did. geez.


9 posted on 05/11/2015 6:43:55 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622
The Nazis can never “atone” for their sins.

They have made strides in dealing with their past, (something the Japs, oops, I mean Japanese have yet to do), yet, the Liberal Germans always counter balance aid to Israel by bringing in the poor, little diddums Paleostinians.
They chastise Israel regarding the Palis but sell Israel advanced systems.

10 posted on 05/11/2015 6:45:37 AM PDT by Netz
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very odd. I was thinking the same thing. Is the economic help a real act of conscience or a show for the world? they would vote for a 2 state solution in a minute in the UN


11 posted on 05/11/2015 6:57:49 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Germany has a strong interest in those oilfields as a non Russian source of energy for Germany.


12 posted on 05/11/2015 7:01:48 AM PDT by ThanhPhero (Khach san La Vang hanh huong tham vieng Maria)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Germany has a strong interest in those gas rigs as a non Russian source of energy for Germany.


13 posted on 05/11/2015 7:02:28 AM PDT by ThanhPhero (Khach san La Vang hanh huong tham vieng Maria)
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To: Netz
The Nazis can never “atone” for their sins.

The Nazis are (almost) all dead.

The slaveholders of the US are all dead.

Yet the demands for "reparations" continue.

14 posted on 05/11/2015 7:04:10 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I wonder if Israel would be interested in a couple of French warships cheap - the ones built for Russia?


15 posted on 05/11/2015 7:06:32 AM PDT by Truth29
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16 posted on 05/11/2015 7:06:35 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Wait, what?

17 posted on 05/11/2015 7:09:55 AM PDT by corkoman
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To: sukhoi-30mki

The Saar 6 vessels would be significantly larger, with twice the operational range of the current Saar 5 class.


18 posted on 05/11/2015 7:18:57 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: dp0622

So Japan should be pouring money into Red China and NK?


19 posted on 05/11/2015 8:29:32 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Cruz or lose!)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd

South Korea isn’t either of those. If you want to decide whether payments to the victims should be based on their government.


20 posted on 05/11/2015 8:33:20 AM PDT by dp0622
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