Germans were the first country to provide the Dolphin Subs to Israel, which were capable to launch nuclear tipped cruise missiles.
- Dolphin – delivered May 1998 – commissioned 1999
- Leviathan (trans. "Leviathan" or "whale") – delivered 1999 – commissioned 2000
- Tekumah (trans. "Revival") – delivered 2000 – commissioned 2000
- Tannin (trans. "Tannin" or "Crocodile") – delivered 3 May 2012
- Rahav (trans. "Rahab") – handover 29 April 2013, expected in Israel early 2014
- Name not assigned yet. Ordered 21 March 2012.
The first two (Dolphin and Leviathan) were fully donated by Germanyand the third (Tekumah) was paid for halfway by Israel. During the first Gulf War, German firms were accused of helping Iraq with its chemical weapons program, which led to protests in both Germany and Israel. To calm Israeli concerns, compensate Israel for economic losses and keep German shipyards occupied, then Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl approved an assistance package including the construction of two Dolphin submarines.
The names Dolphin and Leviathan hail from the retired Israeli WW-II era submarines of the British T class; the third boat Tekuma (translation: Revival) refers in memory of Dakar, the third Israeli boat of the T class which was lost with all Israeli crew in the Mediterranean Sea during delivery. The forthcoming boats Tannin and Rahav are names taken from retired Gal-class submarines, which were themselves named after even older Israeli S class boats.
The Federation of American Scientists and GlobalSecurity.org report that the four larger torpedo tubes are capable of launching Israeli built nuclear-armed Popeye Turbo cruise missiles (a variant of the Popeye standoff missile), and the US Navy recorded an Israeli submarine-launched cruise missile test in the Indian Ocean ranging 1,500 km (930 mi).
tou phir yeh dono salay mil ker hitler ,hitler khail rahay hain hamray(dunya) saath - hein ji -(serious)
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