Is Israel Deploying Cruise Missiles With Nuclear Warheads On German Built Submarines?

The Dolphin class submarines are built for Israel in a shipyard in Kiel (March 2012 photo). DAPD

Israel Deploys Nuclear Weapons On German-Built Submarines -- Spiegel Online

A German shipyard has already built three submarines for Israel, and three more are planned. Now SPIEGEL has learned that Israel is arming the submarines with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The German government has known about Israel's nuclear weapons program for decades, despite its official denials.

Germany is helping Israel to develop its military nuclear capabilities, SPIEGEL has learned. According to extensive research carried out by the magazine, Israel is equipping submarines that were built in the northern German city of Kiel and largely paid for by the German government with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The missiles can be launched using a previously secret hydraulic ejection system. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told SPIEGEL that Germans should be "proud" that they have secured the existence of the state of Israel "for many years."

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My Comment: More info on these Dolphin class subs can be read here. As for information on Israeli capabilities for submarine launched cruise missiles .... not surprisingly .... the information is very sparse.