Defender Class (SAFE 29)

Hamas in Gaza has received Iranian operational instructions on how to prepare swarm-like boat attacks, and is preparing such capabilities for clashes with Israel, according to a senior naval source. The Israel Navy’s Squadron 916 of fast patrol boats, tasked with securing the coastline, is training and preparing itself for combat with Hamas, while keeping […]

In this five-star studded resort town, where pleasure craft ply crystalline waters beyond sandy Red Sea shores, less than three minutes can make the difference between a dream vacation and a terror-fueled nightmare. “Our response must be very rapid. We’re talking mere minutes once threats breach our sovereign waters,” says Lt. Eldad Nissim of the […]

The Israel Navy is restricting use of a US-built, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat pending an investigation of technical and operational conditions that caused one of the small craft to capsize last week off the coast of Gaza. The Israeli military said the speedboat, built by Bremerton, Wash.,-based Safe Boats International, was carrying five crew members when […]