Dakar-class submarine

*Dakar*-class submarine
Class overview
Builders	ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)
Operators	Israeli Navy
Preceded by	Dolphin class
Cost	EUR €3 billion (Total deal)
In service	Expected to enter active service from 2031.
Planned	3
General characteristics
Type	Attack submarine
Length	74 m (243 ft) estimated
Propulsion	Diesel-electric propulsion; Air-independent propulsion (AIP);
Armament	Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM),; Anti-ship missiles (AShM);
Notes	Planned to replace the first batch of three Dolphin-class submarines.

The Dakar-class submarine (Hebrew : הצוללות מסדרת דקר) is a class of AIP-capable, diesel-electric attack submarines ordered by the Israeli Navy from German-based naval conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS).

The Dakar class features a new design compared to the Israeli Navy's currently-serving Dolphin-class submarines. It has been customized to fulfill the operational requirements of the Israeli Navy. The class was named in honor of INS Dakar, an Israeli submarine which mysteriously sank in 1968.

In January 2022, Israel's Ministry of Defense ordered three submarines as a replacement to the first batch of the Israeli Navy's Dolphin-class submarines; the first of the new submarines are slated to enter service within nine years.

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