Name Of Sixth Israeli Attack Sub Revealed

by Baruch PletnerJanuary 9, 2019January 9, 201908243

Dolphin class Israeli submarine the INS RAHAV, similar to the newly named Dragon undergoing sea trials in Germany
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The Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy, Vice Admiral Eli Sharvit, disclosed earlier today that the newest submarine in the Israeli Navy will be named INS “Dragon” (Hebrew: Drakon), in memory of the Israeli submarine the INS “Dakar” that was lost in the Mediterranean with all souls in 1968. The naming process took five years to complete and in fact one of the names considered was indeed “Dakar”, but this idea was abandoned out of respect for the wishes of family members of those who lost their lives on the ill-fated submarine.

INS Dakar in its earlier days as HMS Totem
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Emergency buoy from INS Dakar
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Conning tower salvaged from the INS Dakar
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Baruch Pletner

Baruch Pletner is an entrepreneur, a scientist, an inventor, and a private pilot. He is passionate about education, the outdoors, and the war on globalism. Baruch holds a PhD degree from the Technion in Haifa, Israel and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. Born in Kiev to Zionist parents, Baruch spent the first ten years of his life in the Soviet Union getting an education in the evils of communism. Though both of his grandfathers were killed defending the USSR against Nazi invaders, Baruch was a victim of rampant anti-Semitism from as long as he can remember, making his departure for Israel in 1973 a very welcome event. In Israel, Baruch served in the Air Force as a Fire Control Officer in a HAWK surface to air missile battery and took part in the First Lebanon War. While his career in engineering took him to Boston, Baruch has remained an ardent Zionist and supporter of the Jewish Nation, the Torah, and the Land of Israel. Fluent in three languages and a student of history and the classics, Baruch has been writing for tsarizm.com as the Hi-Tech Traditionalist for a number of years, covering the war on globalism, Russia, and Israel. Baruch resides in Prince Edward Island, Canada, with his wife of 33 years and their two dogs and one cat.

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