Israel purchases German nuclear-capable subs
“Nuclear capable” in the ense the German diesel subs can carry nuclear weapons.
A report.
StrategyPage notes:
August 25, 2006: One of the aftereffects of the Iranian backed violence from Hizbollah, is that Israel is now more interested in attacking Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Arming Hizbollah with all those rockets was seen as reckless, and now more Israelis can see Iran actually getting nuclear weapons, and using one of their existing long range missiles to nuke Israel. Diplomacy does not seem to be having any effect on the Iranians. Maybe Israeli missiles and bombers would.
The Israeli-Hezbollah war was the Israeli-Iranian war, fought in Lebanon.
Israel’s New Submarines… The Germans have always had a talent for building submarines, and Israel is making good use of it. Austin Bay notes a report that Israel has purchased two new submarines capable of delivering nuclear-armed missiles. From an ABC News report:……
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