Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Can Israel's Submarines Act As A Deterrent Against Attack?

Dolphin-class Israeli submarine, capable of launching cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads

How Subs Could Save Israel -- Ronald S. Lauder, New York Post

It’s time the Israelis “went deep.” That is, it’s time they took their submarine force and reinvented it as a strategic deterrent against a potentially nuclear-armed Iran and its terrorist surrogates seeking to literally wipe Israel off the map.

The Jewish state has never been a potent sea power. Its military has traditionally depended on a mobile land force of tanks, mechanized infantry and a powerful air force to confront the far more numerous Arab armies that have threatened its existence. Yet the reality is, warfare technology that could put Iranian nuclear warheads atop medium-range ballistic missiles should force changes in Israeli’s strategy to survive.

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Update:
Ron Lauder: Israel must expand sub fleet amid Iran threat -- Ynet News

My Comment: I have trouble seeing Israel's submarine fleet being a deterrent to Iran's religious fanatics .... but it is probably still good to have them than not having them.

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