Germany and Israel are in superior talks for the sale of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) BlueWhale unmanned submarine, “Protection Community” web site stories. BluWhale was developed in a collaboration between IAI and German firm Atlas Electronics. BlueWhale permits intelligence gathering utilizing a telescopic mast that emerges from the water whereas diving (just like a submarine periscope), on which radar and electro-optical techniques are put in to detect targets at sea and on shore.
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The satellite tv for pc communication antennas on the mast transmit the collected info in actual time to designated command posts, which will be positioned anyplace, at sea and on shore. BlueWhale is reportedly 10.9 meters lengthy, has a diameter of 1.12 meters, and weighs 5.5 tons. It’s electrically powered, can attain a velocity of seven knots and is able to patrolling for a minimum of ten days, relying on the configuration and missions. Submarine detection and acoustic intelligence gathering is carried out utilizing a sonar tens of meters lengthy, which is put in on either side of the submarine.
German curiosity within the unmanned submarine was expressed in July final 12 months, when the commander of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, visited Israel and met along with his Israeli counterpart Vice Admiral David Saar Salama. Beforehand, a few week and a half earlier than the October 7 assault, IAI and the German firm Atlas Electronics introduced BlueWhale on the Repmus NATO train, which entails testing unmanned naval techniques in an operational surroundings. This was an illustration of the system in entrance of about 200 lecturers, protection industries and the navy from 30 international locations.
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