Via the Scotsman: Israel buys nuclear subs

WITH Iran confidently defying pressure to curb its nuclear programme, Israel has signed a contract with Germany to buy two more submarines capable of firing nuclear missiles, it emerged yesterday.Israeli security sources said the submarines are needed to counter long-range threats from countries such as Iran, whose president has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map”.

This is, of course, exactly the kind of behavior one would expect: as a state perceives a threat it reacts by attempting to counter the threat or, if a direct counter is not possible, it seeks to up the ante on any possible attack. As such: if Tehran were to attack Israel with some future nuclear missile, Israel is signalling that they will have the capacity to strikes back–and not just from within Israel.