I hope I am not hijacking the post but I simply have a question about Israel that I doubt warrants a new post. How important and what purpose does Israeli nuclear submarines serve for Israeli geopolitics? If we put this in context of this post then I fail to see Israeli submarines having any relevance to either Syrian civil war or in the Palestine conflict.
Israeli nuclear submarines have no relevance to Syria or the Palestinian conflict. They're strictly a trident-style nuclear deterrent. Israel is small enough that it wouldn't take a large nuclear arsenal to destroy the entire country and it has enough enemy countries close enough to its borders that a devastating first strike might appear tempting to a country like Iran. The submarines protect their ability to respond to a nuclear attack and thus, to retain their nuclear deterrent.
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u/ObdurateSloth Aug 31 '19
Interesting read, thanks for the post!
I hope I am not hijacking the post but I simply have a question about Israel that I doubt warrants a new post. How important and what purpose does Israeli nuclear submarines serve for Israeli geopolitics? If we put this in context of this post then I fail to see Israeli submarines having any relevance to either Syrian civil war or in the Palestine conflict.