Posted on 12/02/20
| News Source: i24
Fleet upgrade to bolster navy's defense of offshore gas assets from likes of Hezbollah, naval officer says
Israel received the first of its new missile boats on Wednesday, with a top naval officer saying the fleet upgrade "dramatically" improves the country's ability to counter regional rivals, including Iran.
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The procurement of four naval vessels and three submarines from German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp has been the subject of long-running corruption probes involving top allies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But graft allegations aside, the ships themselves form a key part of a major naval upgrade in the Jewish state, Israel's head of naval operations, Rear Admiral Eyal Harel, said in an interview last week. Read more at i24