Sa'ar 6-class corvette

The Sa'ar 6-class corvette is a class of four German-made warships ordered for the Israeli Navy in May 2015. The ships' design will be loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8[3] and the naval Iron Dome system. Elbit Systems has been awarded the contract to design and build the Electronic Warfare (EW) suites for the ships.[4]

Scale model of the Sa'ar 6
Class overview
Name: Sa'ar 6 class
Operators:  Israeli Navy
Preceded by: Sa'ar 5 class
Planned: 4
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[1]
Length: 90 m (295 ft 3 in)
Range: 4,000 km [2]
Sensors and
processing systems:		 EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar
Armament:

All four vessels will be constructed in Germany in a joint project by German Naval Yards Holdings and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. The first of the class is scheduled to get delivered in 2020.[5][6] Construction cost is estimated at NIS 1.8 billion Israeli new shekel (NIS) or roughly 430-million Euro ($480-million).[7] Israel will pay for two thirds of the cost and the German Government will subsidize a third of the corvettes' construction costs, as with the Dolphin-class submarines.[8]

One of their roles will be to protect natural gas platforms in the Mediterranean Sea against possible sea-borne or rocket threats.[7] The Lebanese Hezbollah group alleges that Israel's gas fields lie in Palestinian waters. It has threatened to target Israeli gas platforms.[9]

The Sa'ar 6 has a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. It is armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 48 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles, the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm torpedo launchers. It has hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.[10]

References
  1. Israeli Navy INS Magen corvette officially named 27th May 2019
  2. 26th May 2019
  3. Opall-Rome, Barbara (August 4, 2016), "Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards", Defense news.
  4. "Elbit Systems to supply EW suites for the Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6-class corvettes] Aug 7, 2018", Defence (blog).
  5. Israeli Navy INS Magen corvette officially named 27th May 2019
  6. Azulai, Yuval (11 May 2015). "Israel signs €430m deal for German patrol vessels". Globes. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  7. "Israel to arm warships with Iron Dome system to protect gas reserves at sea". i24news. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  8. Zitun, Yoav (11 May 2015). "Major deal: Israel to purchase four patrol ships from Germany to defend gas rigs". ynet. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  9. Yaniv Kubovich, "Israel Assesses Hezbollah Can Now Strike Its Offshore Gas Platforms", Haaretz, 4 January 2018
  10. "Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes for Israeli Navy Unveiled", Navy recognition, 23 August 2015.


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