Israeli sub said armed with nuclear-capable torpedoes navigates Suez Canal
DEBKAfile Special Report
July 3, 2009, 8:01 PM (GMT+02:00)
Dophin-class submarine
The Dolphin-class attack submarine is reported to be the first Israeli naval vessel to transit the Suez Canal in four years on its way from Haifa to Eilat last month. According to DEBKAfile's military sources, the move indicates a strengthening of the informal Israel-Egyptian-Saudi pact forged in recent months against Iran and first revealed by our sources.
According to foreign military sources, the Israeli Dolphins are armed with torpedo tubes capable of launching nuclear-capable cruise missiles.
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Big gaps, no answers, in Airbus company disaster findings
DEBKAfile Special Report
July 3, 2009, 12:25 PM (GMT+02:00)
Not enough to establish cause of crash
The information offered by senior investigator Alan Bouillard on July 2, one month after Air France Rio-Paris flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people aboard indicates either that the inquiry is stumped or that information is being withheld.
American aviation experts ask many questions, including: How could the investigators be sure without examining the bodies that the Airbus broke up only when it slapped down on the water? All the remains are held by the Brazilian authorities who refuse to give France their autopsy findings.
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