March 12, 2021: Israel is introducing a new, larger helicopter to operate from its new Saar 6 corvettes. The American SH-60 Seahawk will complement and eventually replace a smaller French helicopter. Since the late 1990s, the Israeli navy has maintained a squadron of French AS 565 naval helicopters. These were based on land and used to support warships at sea. The only Israeli warship the 4.3 ton AS 565 could land on were the three 1,075-ton Saar 5 ships. Israel obtained the Saar 5s in the early 1990s and while these ships had a helicopter landing pad, there was no hangar so that a helicopter could be carried and used regularly. The Saar 6 was deliberately made two meters longer than originally planned to accommodate a hangar and the 10.4-ton SH-60.
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Here s What You Need to Remember: This next generation of missile boats have been seen as crucial to defending Israel’s offshore strategic natural gas industry from the threat of terrorist groups, such as the Lebanese-based Hezbollah. The vessels will be at the forefront of INS efforts to protect the more than 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which has become a significant national asset for the Jewish state.
While one of the State of Israel’s smaller military branches, the Israeli Navy is actually active in multiple theaters including the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea. It is also believed that the Israeli Navy is responsible for maintaining the nation’s offshore nuclear second strike capability.