Aboard the INS Hanit, which was famously struck by a Hezbollah missile in the Second Lebanon War, Israeli sailors drill war games with US and Greek forces to prepare for a range of threats, from submarines to more immediate risks from Hamas and Hezbollah.

ABOARD INS HANIT (ISRAEL) – White specks appear on the horizon and a voice crackles over the radio with a warning: “The speed boat is acting independently.

Two boats on suicide bombing missions had been spotted either side of the INS Hanit, one of the Israeli navy’s top warships.

“We recognize the target. This is an immediate enemy,” a voice says in Hebrew over the loudspeaker. “Ready for action.
A siren rings out and young recruits rush to the back, hurrying to put on helmets and bulletproof vests before manning machine-guns.
The Hanit’s engines go full throttle, dragging it rapidly from three to 27 knots (50 kilometers per hour). The speedboats rush forward but cannot catch up
The “attack” last week was in fact part of a series of war games with Greek and US forces to prepare for a range of threats, from submarines to more immediate risks from Hamas and Hezbollah.

An investigation found that the missile hit because officials didn’t believe Hezbollah had such sophisticated technology and so didn’t turn on anti-missile systems.
The ship is now equipped with Barak missile defense systems, as well as advanced missiles
Israel’s navy had historically been one of the smaller and less well-known parts of its military.

Although more than 90 percent of Israel’s imports come via sea, in the wars with Arab neighbors in the 1960s and 1970s, the air force and ground troops played the primary roles
But in the years since the 2006 war, a key change has occurred: Israel has discovered major gas fields off its coast.

Protecting the non-moving “easy targets” of gas platforms, the commander said, provides a new challenge.
For that reason the country is investing in new warships, the Saar 6.

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Israeli sailors onboard the INS Hanit take part in the Novel Dina 17 training session in the Mediterranean Sea.
An Israeli sailor takes part in a fire evacuation exercise
An Israeli sailor onboard the INS Hanit reads after a training session
Israeli sailors onboard the INS Hanit maneuver the ship

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An Israeli sailor onboard the INS Hanit prepares food
Israeli sailors onboard the INS Hanit and a Greek S-70B Sea Hawk helicopter take part in the Novel Dina 17 training session

Israeli sailors onboard the INS Hanit take part in a fire evacuation exercise
Israeli sailors onboard the INS Hanit attend a medical training session.
An Israeli sailor onboard the INS Hanit uses a video system called POP to identify ships and airplanes in the distances of several kilometers.

Israeli sailors prepare an inflatable boat
Officers onboard the INS Hanit practice new rope-nodes during the Novel Dina 17 training session in the Mediterranean Sea on April 5, 2017

i love israelites!

The country with best physicist ever assembled​ by any country, small but deadly in military acquisition

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