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To: taildragger
"I have read they can lauch Harpoons out of their torpedo tubes. What else have they done to tweak such "birds" to destroy Iran/Russian air defence systems."

While they may have tube launched Harpoon missiles(not nukes)...they also have home-grown cruise missiles which are tube launched.

Each boat is capable of APPROXIMATELY 12 single-warhead missiles of moderate weight...25-50KT. The actual numbers are held very, very close.

Less is known about the Israeli arsenal than any other in the world.

34 posted on 05/30/2010 9:39:34 AM PDT by Mariner (The first Presidential candidate to call for deportation, wins.)
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To: Mariner

I don’t know how much of your information is correct.

As far as I know and from some research I’ve done with Google the deal is as follows:

Some sources say the Israeli SLCM may be called the “Popeye Turbo”. Some say it is an enlarged version of the Israeli “Gabriel 4LR”. Yet others say it is an entirely different type of cruise missile of completely unique design.

Maximum range of the SLCM is estimated to be as much as 2,400km, putting it in the Tomahawk range (2,500km).

The SLCM is fired from one of four large 25.5 inch tubes.

Nuclear warhead size on each SLCM is estimated to be between 300-400 Kilotons which is close to a single W88 (475Kt) warhead on our Trident II.

As far as how many SLCMs each sub can carry, it is unknown. Where did you get the 12 missiles number from?

All that being said, all I’ve posted above may be mere conjecture, precisely because, as you said, very little ACTUAL data is known about the Israeli nuke program and their subs.


35 posted on 05/30/2010 10:44:17 AM PDT by kress
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To: Mariner
Israeli submarines carry Harpoons to take out ships, not nukes. They built their own cruise missile, the Popeye Turbo
36 posted on 05/30/2010 10:44:38 AM PDT by rmlew (There is no such thing as a Blue Dog Democrat; just liberals who lie.)
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