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Originally posted by mopusvindictus
reply to post by blowfishdl
Your a sick Troll, I'm going to use the ignore button for the first time... what your saying is so counter to where I'm coming from it's ridciulous
That's the fifth time you've ignored every word I have said and gone into some Jewish German thing with me...
All your doing is baiting, enjoy the 6 friends you mad here in the last 2 years
Such speculation was further fueled by an unconfirmed test of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) in the Indian Ocean in 2000. Some reports claimed targets 1,500 kilometers away were hit. Such a range, however, implies an entirely new type of missile. However, the Israeli Defense Forces denies any such missile tests.
In June 2002, former State Department and Pentagon officials confirmed that the U.S. Navy observed Israeli missile tests in the Indian Ocean in 2000, and that the Dolphin-class vessels have been fitted with nuclear-capable cruise missiles of a new design. Israel issued new denials, albeit in an indirect manner. In October 2003, unidentified senior U.S. and Israeli officials were quoted as saying that Israel had successfully modified nuclear warheads to fit its Harpoon missiles.
According to Israeli sources, the three Dolphin-class submarines will give Israel a crucial third pillar of nuclear defenseand to complement the country's already much-vaunted land and air ramparts. While the Israelis' intention of using the German submarines as roving nuclear launch platforms had long been suspected, few experts had expected them to develop the capability to fire submarine-based cruise missiles so soon.
The diesel-electric submarines that Israel just bought from Germany make use of a new technology called "air-independent propulsion," which allows them to stay submerged for weeks instead of days.
Although Israel has a naval base on the Red Sea, Egypt will not allow Israeli subs to use the Suez canal. So the Dolphins have to go around Africa. Currently, that is apparently being accomplished via a refueling stop in Eritrea. But if that access is denied in the future, the larger fuel capacity will enable the Dolphins to make it all the way on their own. Larger fuel capacity also allows the subs to spend more time on station off the Iranian coast. Currently the Dolphins can stay at sea for about 40 days (moving at about 14 kilometers an hour, on the surface, for up to 8,000 kilometers). Larger fuel capacity could extend range to over 10,000 kilometers, and endurance to about 50 days.
Whatever the missile currently arming Israel's Dolphin-class submarines, it seems clear that Israel is interested in the acquisition of new cruise missiles. Its request for U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles was rejected by the Clinton administration in 2000, since such a sale would have violated the Missile Technology Control Regime, which prohibits the transfer of missiles with a range exceeding 300 kilometers. However, it is likely only a matter of time before Israel is capable of mounting nuclear weapons on its submarine-launched missiles, if it has not done so already.
In June 2002, former State Department and Pentagon officials confirmed that the U.S. Navy observed Israeli missile tests in the Indian Ocean in 2000, and that the Dolphin-class vessels have been fitted with nuclear-capable cruise missiles of a new design. Israel issued new denials, albeit in an indirect manner. In October 2003, unidentified senior U.S. and Israeli officials were quoted as saying that Israel had successfully modified nuclear warheads to fit its Harpoon missiles.
Originally posted by stumason
EDIT: It would also be very nice if you could supply links to your sources.
[edit on 24/11/08 by stumason]
Originally posted by xXxArMaGeDdOnxXx
Youg George,
thats what ppl said before ww2 they said germany wasnt a large military power but they sneakly did all this stuff
What i think will happen is that after the economic crisis hits full scale germany will regain power in its land,resources,miltiary ,etc.
Plus alot of the german people I talk to in germany last summer belived they have the right to own back land they took over.
Originally posted by xXxArMaGeDdOnxXx
Youg George,
thats what ppl said before ww2 they said germany wasnt a large military power but they sneakly did all this stuff
What i think will happen is that after the economic crisis hits full scale germany will regain power in its land,resources,miltiary ,etc.
Plus alot of the german people I talk to in germany last summer belived they have the right to own back land they took over.
Originally posted by blowfishdl
.. and your the worst conspiracy theorist I have yet to come encounter with PERIOD. Even Nibiru supporters show evidence of some sort.
Originally posted by mopusvindictus
reply to post by stumason
Sure for a nice, well paced rational conversation, I can take the few minutes to supply the links from here on...
Jewish Exponent: Germany - Key to Iran Threat?
Mar 20, 2008 ... With trade of more than $5 billion a year, Germany is Israel's second-largest trading partner after the United States. ...
The German Israel Tango
A crucial litmus test for moral courage involves what Merkel termed the fight against "mainstream anti-Semitism," and which is currently unfolding,...
Originally posted by Long Lance
Originally posted by blowfishdl
.. and your the worst conspiracy theorist I have yet to come encounter with PERIOD. Even Nibiru supporters show evidence of some sort.
www.jpost.com...
let's hope that satisfied you, because i honestly don't understand why i should read several pages of variations of the same post. the sub deal is common knowledge, their strategic value, otoh, may be blown out of proportion.
[edit on 2008.11.25 by Long Lance]