Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President
Reuven Rivlin, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of General Staff
Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot attended the arrival of the German-built INS
Rahav.
It left the German port of Kiel last month and sailed in with a crew of 50 on board.
Due to be operational in a matter of months,
the vessel cost NIS 1.6 billion (around $406 million), one-third of
which was underwritten by the German government.
Netanyahu said the submarine, which, according to foreign reports is
capable of delivering a nuclear payload, would be a key part of the
country’s defensive array.
“Above all else, our submarine fleet acts as a deterrent to our enemies
who want to destroy us. They won’t achieve their aims,” he said. “They
need to know that Israel can attack, with great might, anyone who tries
to harm it.”
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