Those tubes are also useful for deploying SDVs. ;)

Aah ok, from the way I read the article I thought that the Israelies ran some modified 209's as "boomers" (ie, hide only) as well as having their own hunter-killers.

And yes I know they're not boomers in the sense they have vertical launch tubes, but they are the Israelis equivalent due to their Nuclear capable cruise missiles

The Dolphins are being built in Germany.
Since Germany would never sell wepons of mass destruction or devices like 65 cm tubes in subs to use them, we delivered the boats to Israel with removable 53 cm cartridges (in the 65 cm tubes :D).

Food for new conspiracy theories, what did the IDF Sub do there at 9/11 :O:. You know it's always either the butler, the gardener, or Mossad.

Good luck sneaking them past Rota 1st. :03: