{"id":27634,"date":"2017-10-23T20:38:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/23\/israel-signs-mou-for-3-german-submarines-amid-shipyard-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:20:30","slug":"israel-signs-mou-for-3-german-submarines-amid-shipyard-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2017\/10\/23\/israel-signs-mou-for-3-german-submarines-amid-shipyard-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel signs MoU for 3 German submarines amid shipyard investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TEL AVIV, Israel \u2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that his government has signed a long-awaited memorandum of understanding with Germany to acquire three new Dolphin-class submarines with air-independent propulsion systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the deal goes through, the estimated $1.3 billion acquisition from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems would replace by the end of the next decade three earlier-model Dolphin diesel-electric submarines, leaving Israel with a strategic underwater force of six front-line submarines, all of them built by the Kiel, Germany-based shipyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the memorandum\u2019s terms, Berlin will subsidize up to 30 percent of the hull, mechanical and electrical costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe MoU is strategically important to the security of Israel,\u201d Netanyahu noted in an Oct. 23 statement. \u201cIts signing reflects the commitment of Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel to the security of Israel and the deep cooperation between the two countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t