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Originally Posted by Skybird
[...] that the German government still hopes (yeah, these stupid simpletons indeed hope for it) to sell 214s to - Pakistan.
If that deal ever happens, it deserves some executions done in the Kanzleramt's garden, imo. Retarded unscrupulous bastards.
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The 214 is, despite of its higher number, much less capable than the 212 or Dolphin type - but it has the fuel cell AIP drive, and that's bad enough.
Just include some Stuxnet or Flame with the next software for the boat's systems
(Remember Flame came with a Windows update, and we all probably have it
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But the Dolphin deal is not new, nor is the policy to support Israel no matter what. It gives Israel the possibility for a retaliation strike, if the Iran would launch nuclear weapons towards Israel - the tempting notion for Iran is that Israel would be virtually wiped out with two of those bombs.
But U-boats somewhere in the mediterranean or Red Sea would be able to retaliate, so any country would think twice before an attack - equilibrium of terror, it has worked before.
The older boats delivered had already 65 cm tubes, just with a 533 mm "inlet", which can be easily removed to accommodate bigger fishes. Maybe they just spared the Israelis the work to remove that this time.
So nothing really new about this 6th boat.
Greetings,
Catfish