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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

German yard withdraws from Greek contract for high-tech subs

U-214 classThe company that makes Germany's non-nuclear submarines said Monday it had withdrawn from a contract with Athens involving four of the U-214 vessels.

The advanced vessels can remain underwater in nearly complete silence for weeks on end, thanks to their fuel-cell engines.

The company, a unit of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), said it was cancelling contracts with the Greek Defence Ministry because it had not been paid 524 million euros (765 million dollars) although the submarines are ready for delivery.

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2 comments:

  1. Aaron23/9/09 09:16

    Israel should totally try and buy these four subs cheap.
    Only thing is that Israel wants a pair of 650mm torpedo tubes in the bow. It is suspected that these are for horizontally launched medium range nuclear missile... at Iran....supposedly.

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  2. Pete24/9/09 16:43

    Well perhaps 2 of the HDWs for Singapore and 2 for Israel. The missile sounds of interest to Australia by 2020.

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