Amid speculations about Israel’s hostile future policies against Iran, a report says Israel is to deploy three submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles in the Persian Gulf.
Three German-made submarines belonging to Israel’s Flotilla 7 will be sent near the Iranian coastline, The Sunday Times reported.
The nuclear-armed vessels named Dolphin, Tekuma and Leviathan have previously been sent to the region but according to the British daily’s report, the Israeli Navy has fresh plans to keep at least one of the submarines in the region on a permanent basis.
The report comes as an unnamed flotilla commander confirmed a ‘very far’ mission in an interview with an Israeli daily.
“We are an underwater assault force. We’re operating deep and far, very far, from our borders,” said the official who has only been identified as “Colonel O.”
The submarines, with a capacity of up to 50 crews, are able to launch a nuclear cruise missile. Some of the cruise missiles are equipped with the most advanced nuclear warheads from the Israeli arsenal, the report added.
The Sunday Times quoted a flotilla officer as saying that the vessels were sent to carry out intelligence gathering missions and potentially land Mossad agents in the region.
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