(VIDEO) The Israeli Secret Weapon Hiding in Plain Sight

Artist’s rendering of the Dakar-class submarine.

By now, everyone is already aware that Israel has greased some Hamas honcho by the name of Ismail Haniyeh, who just so happened to be taking a little R&R in beautiful downtown Tehran.

Interestingly enough, in spite of the initial reports that the Jerusalem government sent Haniyeh straight to Jahannam via an airstrike, the Washington Examiner (via MSN.com) is reporting that the guesthouse Haniyeh was in, was actually a prepositioned bomb just waiting for the right target to be present.

As reported, this guesthouse had quite a bit of explosives secreted away “For about two months before detonating it…”

Of course, Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah are all threatening a massive response against Israel, as reported by France24.com.

But back to the topic at hand. While the Islamic Republic of Iran and its two allied quasi-nations are again rattling sabers, the rest of the world knows that if Iran & Friends come even close to destroying Israel, the Israelis have zero problem erasing them from the census, too.

It’s a safe bet that whenever most folks think of the Israeli armed forces, the first thing to pop into people’s mind would be either Israel’s vaunted Air Force or Army Tank Corps.

Even though Israel has never come out and publicly admitted it, it’s estimated that Jerusalem’s nuclear inventory is somewhere between 80 to as many as 120.

Back in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, Prime Minister Gloda Mier authorized something called The Sampson Option when early in the war, the forces of Egypt and Syria came quite close to defeating Israel, as noted by GlobalSecurity.org.

Global Security notes that even in 1973, the USSR informed the Cairo government that the Israelis had at least three nuclear devices, as well as the means of delivery.

Half-a-century later, the Israelis have more than three nukes, and they certainly don’t rely on antiquated means of delivery like F-4 Phantoms or 175mm artillery batteries.

The decidedly leftie-leaning NTI.org (Nuclear Threat Initiative) cites the Israeli Navy’s submarine fleet as consisting of five German built Dolphin-class subs, two of which are advanced Dolphin II-class.

Please keep in mind that NTI also notes that the Israelis have purchased three brand spanking new Dakar-class subs from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, estimated to be active by 2027.

Get ready for this – the Dolphin and Dolphin II classes are all capable of deploying a weapons platform known as the Popeye Turbo which can be launched as SLCMs (Submarine Launched Cruise Missiles) or even initially fired as a torpedo, eventually taking to the air, as reported by FAS.org (Federation of American Scientists).

But what about the Dakar subs? Shrouded in secrecy, published by The War Zone of TheDrive.com;