Monday, January 9, 2012

Israel's Navy Committed To Defend Offshore Drilling Rigs


Israel Navy To Devote Majority Of Missile Boats To Secure Offshore Drilling Rafts -- Haaretz

Navy officers confirm security mission will amount to thousands of hours of missile boats' operational hours each year.

The Israel Navy will be in charge of protecting Israeli offshore drilling rigs, even though this will take up a huge portion of the battleships' operational hours, Haaretz has learned.

The IDF General Staff decided several months ago that the flotilla in charge of the navy's missile boats will be responsible for naval patrols between the natural gas fields Tamar, Leviathan and Yam Tethys, including any drilling rigs that might be erected in the future.

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My Comment:
The reason for increasing patrols .... the Israelis are focused on these two adversaries who have a different point of view on what constitutes Israeli territory.

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