(Jerusalem Post) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Israel's fourth submarine, the INS Tanin, built in Germany, when it docked at the Haifa Naval Base on Tuesday. The Tanin uses air-independent propulsion technology to stay submerged for longer than the three older Dolphin-class vessels. A fifth submarine, the INS Rahav, is expected to arrive in 6-7 months, and a sixth submarine will join the fleet by the end of the decade.
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