Israel stations nuclear missile subs off Iran

[Juno Beach]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7140282.ece

Things are heating up! I wonder how much longer until something happens :eek:

[Affentitten]

Interesting. I wonder if they are deployed from Eilat. Pretty narrow and shallow waterway for a sub. As is the Gulf. Easy to get scraped by a tanker! I would be surprised if the various Arab countries are happy about Israeli subs transiting their waters.

[Stalins Organ]

They are much smaller than nuclear propelled subs - being only 1900t displacement submerged - and are based in the Med, deploying to the Red sea, and hte Indian Ocean & Persian Gulf through the Suez.

[Affentitten]

Wow. I am surprised to hear that Egypt lets Israeli subs through the Suez. Never thought they would accept that. Pretty risky too for the Israelis to expose their subs to anyone with a foxhole and an RPG!

[Stalins Organ]

They have a peace treaty you know - Egypt also maintains the blockade on Gaza!!

And the Suez is open to military ships....so....even the Israeli's get to use it.

I imagine there's a pretty tight security along the narrower bits of it!

[Juno Beach]

I think I understand now why Israel is sending their nuclear armed subs to Iran:

U.N. Says Iran Has Fuel for 2 Nuclear Weapons

Cordially,

JB

[Affentitten]

I think I understand now why Israel is sending their nuclear armed subs to Iran:

U.N. Says Iran Has Fuel for 2 Nuclear Weapons

Cordially,

JB

The critical point of that story being with further enrichment.

[StellarRat]

They have a peace treaty you know - Egypt also maintains the blockade on Gaza!!

The real reason they maintain it because they don't want a swarm of Palestinians coming illegally into their country (sound familiar?). Not because they want to help Israel.

[JonS]

The critical point of that story being with further enrichment.

Oh, pish. Everyone knows that's the easy bit. It's the getting-the-ore-out-of-the-ground step that's the really technically challenging bit. Once you've done that, the rest is gravy.

[Michael Emrys]

Oh, pish. Everyone knows that's the easy bit. It's the getting-the-ore-out-of-the-ground step that's the really technically challenging bit. Once you've done that, the rest is gravy.

Well, no. Getting it out of the ground is not that hard. It's the putting it into the ground in the first place that's the challenge.

Michael

[dieseltaylor]

Well, no. Getting it out of the ground is not that hard. It's the putting it into the ground in the first place that's the challenge.

: )

Hahahaha to suit the posting requirements on length of message.

[mididoctors]

I didn't know Israel had nuclear subs....

shows how I'm out of the loop

[Elmar Bijlsma]

Diesel electric, with presumed nuclear armament.

[Juno Beach]

I didn't know Israel had nuclear subs....

shows how I'm out of the loop

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/missile/popeye-t.htm

In May 2000 Israel is reported to have secretly carried out its first

test launches from two German-built Dolphin-class submarines of cruise

missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The missiles launched

from vessels off Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean are said to have hit a

target at a range of about 1,500 kilometers [about 930 statute miles].

Israel is reported to possess a 200kg nuclear warhead, containing 6kg

of plutonium, that could be mounted on cruise missiles.

[noxnoctum]

Man it's just a matter of time till the world burns... Look how many world wars humanity has. It seems to be 3 or 4 per century, at minimum. We're due for a new one pretty soon.

First one with nukes though.

[Michael Emrys]

Look how many world wars humanity has. It seems to be 3 or 4 per century, at minimum.

Eh? What are you counting? I am accustomed to thinking that there have only been 3 or 4 truly global conflicts in the entire history of the race. But of course it all depends on how you define it, so let's hear yours.

Michael