“Germany Has The World’s Best Submarines…”
– New Russian Submarines Are So Silent That The U.S. Navy Calls Them ‘Black Holes’
– Russia’s Stealth ‘Black Hole’ Submarine Prepares For 4,000 Km Trip, Deep Water Trials
“Germany Has The World’s Best Submarines…”
…and delivered them to Israel…
– Israel Seeks To Buy 3 New German Dolphin Class Submarines
– Israel’s WWDs: German Made Nuclear Armed Dolphins
– Colin Powell Leaked Emails Reveal Israel Has “200 Nuclear Bombs”
– Israel Deploys 3 Nuclear-Armed Subs Off Iran Coast; Iran Warns Of Forceful Response To ‘Evil Acts’
– Israeli Subs Destroy Russian Missiles In Syria – Russia Holds Largest Post-Soviet Military Drill
– Spiegel Report: Israel Fitting Nuclear Arms On German-Supplied Submarines
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– Das Boot ist kaputt! Germany has the world’s best submarines… but none of them work:
The German navy once boasted that its cutting-edge Type 212A submarines equipped with hydrogen fuel cells allow them to navigate submerged for over two weeks before resurfacing, thus giving them an edge over most diesel submarines that can stay submerged for only a few days. Each such vessel costs the German budget some €400 million ($469.9 million), according to the German ARD broadcasting corporation. However, the German military have recently admitted that all of their six precious vessels are out of action.
Berlin lost the last of its submarines this October when the Type 212A vessel named U-35 suffered serious damage to its rudder after hitting a rock during a diving maneuver off the Norwegian coast. The damage was so severe that the submarine had to be escorted to the German port of Kiel by testing ship the Helmsand. The rest of the submarine fleet, it turned out, was already out of service by that point.