Israel is seeking to buy three more advanced submarines from Germany at a combined price of $1.3 billion an Israeli newspaper reported Friday
The planned purchase aims to replace within the next decade the oldest submarines in its existing Dolphin fleet which began entering service in 1999 the Maariv daily reported.
Contacted by AFP the “Defense Ministry” declined to comment on the report.
Israel already has five of the state-of-the-art German submarines with a sixth due for delivery in 2017.
Foreign military sources and governments say the Dolphins can be equipped with missiles armed with nuclear warheads.
They believe Israel has between 100 and 200 warheads and missiles capable of delivering them.
The new submarines are said to be more advanced longer and equipped with better accessories the newspaper added.
