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Friday, October 09, 2009

Sub order: Israel to ask for German cash

Dolphin classGermany has been asked to help fund yet another submarine for the Israeli navy.

Jerusalem plans to order another submarine of the Dolphin class from German Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG and has asked the German government to subsidize the order, German news magazine Der Spiegel reports.

Berlin has helped Israel pay for five previously ordered submarines. The first two (named Dolphin and Leviathan) were a gift by Germany after it surfaced that German companies were involved with Iraq's chemical weapons program.

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