Israeli Navy to get 2 more Dolphin subs from Germany

This will teach to Iran's president not to make comments about moving Israel to Germany. OK, maybe it won't, but it could make his life a little harder if he decides to flip a nuke at Israel. Actually, a lot harder.

There was no surprise in the Israel Navy over the weekend report that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's outgoing government has agreed to sell Israel two submarines for a deeply discounted price.
German news magazines Der Spiegel and Focus reported on Saturday that the submarines would be built in Kiel for a total of about €1 billion (NIS 5.4 billion) and the federal government would pick up one-third of the cost.
The navy has been seeking two more of the state-of-the-art diesel/electric subs to add to its fleet of three Dolphin-class subs which Germany practically donated after the 1990 Gulf War.
But the German government has repeatedly turned down the request, reportedly because of reports Israel had outfitted the submarines with Israeli-made, sea-launched cruise missiles. Sensitive armaments deliveries need approval from Berlin's secretive security council.
According to German media reports, Schroeder's Social Democrat-Greens government had long been hesitant about the deal, which would help its indigenous shipbuilding industry, because it feared that Dolphins armed with nuclear weapons would threaten Middle East stability.

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Of course, I look for the Russians or the North Koreans to sell Iran some new destroyers soon too.