Why is San Francisco supporting Israel’s nuclear war machine?

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Lee Heidhues 9.28.2026

The question I have is the following. “Why has San Francisco engaged in a Sister City for 10 years with the German port City of Kiel which is building lethal hardware for the Israeli navy?

Submarines which are believed to be nuclear armed though Israel never admits to possessing nuclear weapons.

Such an action does not fit international city San Francisco long known for its involvement in the peace movement and antiwar activities going back to the Vietnam War era?

At this Sunday’s German Day well attended celebration in Golden Gate Park the blogger had an instructive conversation with a representative from Kiel, Germany Kiel – Wikipedia A sister city of San Francisco.

I learned that the port City of Kiel in Northern Germany is a major supplier of weaponry to the Israeli navy. On September 1st six submarines left Kiel for the port of Haifa. With more scheduled for delivery.

Sister Cities of San Francisco at Powell and Market Streets. Kiel is 5484 miles away.

Excerpted from The Times of Israel 9.27.2026

Israel’s newest, largest submarine arrives, deepening Navy’s stealth capabilities

Twelve years and one scandal in the making, the INS Drakon completes its 23-day journey from Germany with a ToI reporter aboard, carrying secret tech and powered by a system that will allow it to stay underwater for longer

The Israeli Navy’s INS Drakon submarine sails in the Mediterranean Sea, early September 24, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)Jane’s Defence Weekly reported that the Dolphin-class submarines are believed to be nuclear armed, offering Israel a sea-based, second strike capability.[18][19] In adherence to Missile Technology Control Regime rules[48] the US Clinton administration rejected an Israeli request in 2000 to purchase Tomahawk long range SLCMs. The U.S. Navy has deployed nuclear armed and conventional Tomahawk missiles for its submarine fleet which are launched from standard heavy 533 mm torpedo tubes.[52] The Federation of American Scientists and GlobalSecurity.org reported that the four larger torpedo tubes are capable of launching Israeli built nuclear-armed Popeye Turbo cruise missiles (a variant of the Popeye standoff missile), and the U.S. Navy recorded an Israeli submarine-launched cruise missile test in the Indian Ocean ranging 1,500 km (930 mi).[10][14][53]

ABOARD INS DRAKON — Just a few nautical miles west of Haifa, the Israeli Navy’s sixth submarine was approaching Israel’s coast on Thursday morning after a 3,792-nautical-mile (around 8,000-kilometer) voyage over the past 23 days from Germany.

At dawn, reporters had boarded a small Defender-class patrol boat and headed out to greet the INS Drakon — or Dragon — on the final leg of her maiden journey to the Haifa Naval Base, where a ceremony was planned in the vessel’s honor.

Before we departed the naval base, the military took away all our electronic devices, from cellphones to key fobs, due to security concerns

Israel’s newest, largest submarine arrives, deepening Navy’s stealth capabilities | The Times of Israel

The Dolphin class (Hebrew: הצוללות מסדרת דולפין) is a diesel-electric submarine developed in Israel[6] and constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel, Germany, for the Israeli Navy‘s Shayetet 7 flotilla.[7] The first three boats of the class were based on the export-only German 209-class submarines, but modified and enlarged. This Dolphin-I sub-class is slightly larger than the German Navy Type 212 in length and displacement. Dolphin-class submarine – Wikipedia

Top photo: Israeli Dolphin Class submarine at the Port of Kiel, Germany

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