(Times of Israel) Israel will add a fourth advanced Dolphin-class submarine to its naval fleet within the next few days, the commander of the Israel Navy said Tuesday. "After leaving Germany, the INS Tanin, the Navy and the State of Israel's fourth submarine, is making its way to Israel," Vice Admiral Ram Rothberg said. "It can dive deeper, go farther for a longer time and can operate at a level we have not seen until today." Israeli submarines conducted 54 special operations in 2013, including deployments to the Lebanese coast and other deployments lasting several weeks that took the submarines thousands of kilometers from Israel. Israel is to receive a fifth submarine, the INS Rahav, later in 2014.
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