A senior Navy officer outlines IDF’s position on submarine procurement from German firm ThyssenKrupp; the army had no need for nine subs, he said, adding that the loss of exclusivity to Egypt went against Israel’s security interests, despite the fact Egypt was not considered a threat.
A senior Israeli Navy officer commented at a military correspondents’ briefing Monday on the German submarines Israel purchased from German firm ThyssenKrupp, which stand at the heart of a criminal investigation into both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several of his confidant
It marked the first time a senior officer spoke on the matter. In fact, the briefing was called to discuss the commencement of construction in Germany on the new Sa’ar 6-class corvettes, which are slated to arrive at the start of the next decade and are intended to defend Israel’s natural gas offshore rigs.
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