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After the tests, with the Israeli flag for the first time

Summer 1999 - The commander of the sub, Col Eyal Notan, orders departure to Israel

 

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On its way, INS Dolphin stops for a ceremony at the place where INS Dakar submarine has disappeared

July 27th, 1999 - Ceremony at the new submarine dock at Haifa's naval base with PM Ehud Barak and COS Shaul Mofaz

May 27th, 1997 - COS Amnon Lifkin-Shahak at the ceremony of the sliding into the waters of the Leviathan sub

October 1999 - Leviathan arrives to the harbor of Haifa

Ceremony on the dock in Haifa for the arrival of INS Leviathan (left) with INS Dolphin (right)

 

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July 9th, 1998 - INS Tekuma was got out of the assembly hangar

INS Tekuma during the trials in Norway

October 22nd, 2000 - The arrival of INS Tekuma to the Israeli shores is welcomed by other IN ships and four F-16 aircrafts

 

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2012:
Images of the next AIP Dolphin class submarine have surfaced as the vessel was getting prepared for its launch in the water at the German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) shipyard in Kiel. This is the first of at least two (and up to three) new generation of Dolphin class submarine for the Israeli Navy.

The tail arrangement looks different

More 2 sub on the way

 

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Israel restore f 16

It cost 1/10 from the price of new f16

 

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