Israeli Helicopter carriers

And I hear that the Saar 5 has some inherent roll problems due to high center of gravity (that is why Gabriels were never fitted, I think).

Not to mention that Barak is carried only in the forward area and not in the rear area above the hangar infront of the rear mast (there’s often a SATCOm mounted in that position).

I read about it in Sea Power Magazine where they used the term LPD (2nd article in the link below). There seems to be quite a bit of confusion around these terms though, so you might be right.

http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/aug_04_50.php

I wasn’t aware that the frigate program was cancelled.

It’s a shame because the Israeli Navy slowly came to the obvious conclusion that FACs are not the best way to wage naval warfare in Eastern Mediteranean. And I hear that the Saar 5 has some inherent roll problems due to high center of gravity (that is why Gabriels were never fitted, I think).

I still believe the IN shall wait and see what happens with the USN LCS program and take advantage of the R&D done for this project.

Thanks guys! 🙂

The Saar 4, 4.5 and 5 are capable to carry 1 helicopter on their deck.
During the Lebanon war, several raids were conducted with Israeli Defender helicopters that took off from the navy ships.

4,5 and 5 yes, 4 no

IIRC, it was an overly ambitious program to construct a 10k ton helicopter carrier/cruiser, with heavy AAW and land attack weaponry.

I read about it in Sea Power Magazine where they used the term LPD (2nd article in the link below). There seems to be quite a bit of confusion around these terms though, so you might be right.

http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/aug_04_50.php

They did consider getting an LPD-like vessel, but now is seems like they want more corvettes instead.

IIRC, it was an overly ambitious program to construct a 10k ton helicopter carrier/cruiser, with heavy AAW and land attack weaponry.

It seems there are some sane people in the Israeli Navy though, so this plan was cancelled.

It now seems that the Israelis shall get a number of ~3000 ton frigates, probably based on the American LCS project.

The Saar 4, 4.5 and 5 are capable to carry 1 helicopter on their deck.
During the Lebanon war, several raids were conducted with Israeli Defender helicopters that took off from the navy ships.

They did consider getting an LPD-like vessel, but now is seems like they want more corvettes instead.

Thanks guys, I just read an old US report from 1985 which stated that Israel was to acquire one and wonder if this had happend. Obviously not!

Ok here u can find more pic
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/saar5/saar5_se2.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/saar5/Saar5.html

😀 Just a stupid guess… but its just a design

http://www.naval-technology.com/contractor_images/jjma/jjma2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/warship/jjma/jjma2.html

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