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| Germany Says Will Help Finance Four New Israeli Warships |
| 2014-12-17 |
| [Ynet] Germany plans to finance part of the cost of four new corvette warships for the Israeli navy made by German firm Thyssen Krupp under a deal struck with the Jewish state in November, the government said on Monday. Following approval by German parliament's budget committee the contract could be finalized before the end of this year, government front man Steffen Seibert said. The mass-circulation Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday that Berlin had earmarked up to 115 million euros for the warships - which would cost around 1 billion euros in total. Seibert declined comment on the size of the German contribution. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Thanks Pappy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-17 15:03 |
| #5 @2 NO |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2014-12-17 13:23 |
| #4 I blowed up the link. Link fixed. Evidently these are going to be tasked with defending the oil fields, they haven an advanced anti-missile setup. A drilling ship would be an awesome target for a C-3 fired from Lebanon or smuggled some how into Gazo. Cost estimated at 1 billion Euros. Germany to pick up 115 million of total. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-17 09:53 |
| #3 A little more info from Joshuapundiy |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-12-17 09:48 |
| #2 Let me guess. When delivery time comes, due to international tensions, the shipyard will be instructed to hold the vessels pending government approval. I think I've already seen this movie... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-12-17 07:37 |
| #1 Nicely done Frau Merkel. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-17 01:26 |