{"id":301753,"date":"2026-09-22T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/301753\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:37:08","slug":"israeli-defense-officials-push-to-expand-naval-submarine-fleet-to-eight-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/301753\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli defense officials push to expand naval submarine fleet to eight vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel’s defense establishment recommended expanding the Navy’s submarine<\/a> fleet to eight vessels amid Turkey’s naval buildup, Army Radio reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The officials made their recommendation to Israel’s political leadership as the country monitors Turkey’s acquisition of German-made submarines, with the current Turkish fleet of fourteen set to expand to eighteen in the coming years.<\/p>\n

The Israel Navy currently\u00a0operates 5 such submarines, with a sixth<\/a>, the\u00a0INS Drakon, on its way to\u00a0Israeli shores.<\/p>\n

The defense officials emphasized that the fleet expansion should involve the replacement of older vessels, instead of simply increasing the numbers overall, according to Army Radio.<\/p>\n

The report noted that Israel’s contract with Germany currently allows for the order of a seventh submarine, each costing around one billion euros.<\/p>\n

Senior defense officials told Army Radio that they intend to push the issue in a “structured manner,” as the procurement cannot take place until the October elections are over.<\/p>\n

The report follows a send-off ceremony<\/a> in late August for the INS Drakon, attended by Israel Navy Chief V.-Adm. Eyal Harel and German Naval Chief V.-Adm. Jan Christian Kaack, along with other top Israeli and German officials.<\/p>\n

The IDF and the Defense Ministry announced the vessel’s departure for Israel on September 1, with the new submarine one of Germany’s new “Dragon” models.<\/p>\n

The German-made submarines can deliver nuclear weapons<\/a>, according to foreign reports, which further reported on Israel’s alleged triad of nuclear deterrence, namely land-, sea-, and air-based attack capabilities.<\/p>\n

Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel’s defense establishment recommended expanding the Navy’s submarine fleet to eight vessels amid Turkey’s naval buildup, Army Radio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[537,423,37,6075,25945,3069],"class_list":["post-301753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-germany","tag-idf","tag-israel","tag-israel-navy","tag-israeli-navy","tag-submarine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117313552051673275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}