Monday, November 21, 2005

German Subs to Israel

Germany is selling 2 more subs to Israel and picking up part of the tab. From Israelinsider:

According to advance copies of reports to be published in this week's Der Spiegel and Focus magazines, the contract for the two "Dolphin-class" diesel submarines will be signed in Israel on Monday. The magazines, without citing sources, said the deal was worth approximately US$1.2 billion, with the German government picking up one-third, or up to US$388 million.

...Israel took delivery of the first of three of the submarines in 1999. The Dolphin-class submarine is capable of carrying nuclear-tipped missiles, but there is no evidence that Israel has armed the subs with such weapons.

Here is link on the Dolphin class with good pics.