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December 8, 2020

The Dramatic Story of How the Israeli Navy Smuggled Its Own Ships and Used Them to Achieve Stunning Victories

The boats of Cherbourg.

While the missile boat—a small craft equipped with sophisticated missiles meant to be fired at other ships—is now a standard component of modern navies, its use was largely pioneered by the Jewish state. In his 1988 book, The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy that Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, which has recently been updated and republished, Abraham Rabinovich tells the story of how this came about. Efraim Inbar writes in his review.

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