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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Israel Boosts Nuclear, Conventional Deterrence

Dolphin-class submarineIn July, the Israeli navy -- a force mostly confined to the eastern Mediterranean -- sent three of its most powerful warships through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea.

A Dolphin-class diesel-powered submarine passed through the canal on July 3. Two Sa'ar 5-class corvettes followed, 10 days later. The ships trained alongside Egyptian forces, then returned to Israel by mid-July.

It was the largest long-range naval deployment in recent history for the 5,500-strong Israeli navy, and the first since 2005 for an Israeli sub.

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