Israel to Permanently Deploy
Nuclear-Armed Submarines off Iran Coast - http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=22355
Preparing for the coming Psalm 83 war
"Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance." Psalm 83
Jerusalem, Israel - Israel is to deploy three submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles in the Persian Gulf, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday. According to the Times report, one submarine had been sent over Israeli fears that ballistic missiles developed by Iran, and in the possession of Syria and Hezbollah, could be used to hit strategic sites within Israel, such as air bases and missile launchers.
Sunday Times quotes IDF official saying the 3 German-made long range submarines will gather intelligence, act as deterrent and potentially land Mossad agents.
Dolphin, Tekuma, and Leviathan, all German-made Dolphin class submarines of the 7th navy Flotilla, have been reported as frequenting the Gulf in the past, however, according to the Sunday Times report, this new deployment is meant to ensure a permanent naval presence near the Iranian coastline.
A flotilla officer told the Times that the deployed submarines were meant to act as a deterrent, gather intelligence and potentially to land Mossad agents. "We're a solid base for collecting sensitive information, as we can stay for a long time in one place," the officer said.
The flotilla's commander, identified only as "Colonel O," was quoted by the Times as saying that the submarine force was "an underwater assault force. We're operating deep and far, very far, from our borders."
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The submarines could be used if Iran continues its program to produce a nuclear bomb. "The 1,500km range of the submarines' cruise missiles can reach any target in Iran," a navy officer told the Times.
Apparently responding to the reported Israeli activity, an Iranian admiral told the Times: "Anyone who wishes to do an evil act in the Persian Gulf will receive a forceful response from us."
Last July, defense sources reported that an Israeli submarine had sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea last month, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran.
Israel has long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles, away from Suez so as not to expose them to the gaze of Egyptian harbormasters.
Iran general boasts of unparalleled
'top secret' air defense - http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-general-boasts-of-unparalleled-top-secret-air-defense/
Revolutionary Guards claim to have 'unlimited range' drones, missile system more advanced than Russia's S-300
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps general claimed on Saturday that the force has constructed a new, advanced and top-secret air defense system, Iranian state-run media reported.
The system, a project of the Revolutionary Guards, is, according to Brigadier General Hossein Salami, "an air defense system more advanced than what they didn't supply to us due to their strategic interests." According to the state-run Fars News agency, the comment is a reference to Russia's decision to cancel the sale of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to the Islamic Republic.
Salami said that the new top-secret system would "remain confidential" and not be displayed to the public or media.
Fars noted that a 2007 deal between Tehran and Moscow for the purchase of the S-300 system, a agreement valued at $800 million, was canceled by Russia in 2010, resulting in a still-pending lawsuit at the international court in Geneva.
Salami also said on Saturday that ballistic missiles in the hands of the Revolutionary Guards have "pinpoint precision capability when fired at mobile targets. This might be impossible in terms of science, but it is true and, in addition to us, only the Russians might possess this technology and even the Americans do not have it."
The general also claimed Iranian drones were capable of conducting high-altitude missions "without being limited in range," and said that the troops of the Revolutionary Guards "stand atop the world, given its hundreds of martyrdom-seeking battalions and hundreds of highly trained combat battalions."
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