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"The rocket ships"

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THE CRUISE OF THE MISSILE SHIPS, OR IN ITS MILITARY NAME, "SEND 3", IS THE MAIN GROUND OF THE ISRAELI NAVY. THE SQUADRON WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1967 AND INCLUDES, AS OF 2021, 15 ROCKET SHIPS FROM THE SAAR 4.5, STORM 5 AND STORM 6. IN ADDITION, IT IS UNDER THE COMMAND OF A SEA-YEAR-OLD SHIP.

THE SHIP IS STATIONED AT THE HAIFA BASE OF THE NAVY, WHERE THE SHIPS ARE REGULARLY TIED. IN 2009, 2012 AND 2020, THE SQUADRON WON THE IDF CHIEF OF STAFF AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING OPERATIONAL UNIT IN THE IDF. THE CAPTAIN OF THE CRUISE, FROM JULY 2023, IS A CHAMPION-SUBVERSIVE ALDAD BOROUKOVICH.

TASKS
THE MISSIONS OF THE ROCKET SHIPS ARE DERIVED FROM THE MISSION OF THE ISRAELI NAVY: AT THE TIME OF WAR, THE CRUISE DUTIES ARE A NAVAL WARFARE AGAINST THE ENEMY’S FLEETS, AIDING THE LAND FORCES, BOMBARDING FACILITIES AND TRAFFIC JAMS ON THE ENEMY’S COAST, SECURITY OF THE ROUTE TO ISRAEL AND PROTECTING THE COAST OF THE COUNTRY.

NOT DURING A WAR, VARIOUS MISSIONS ARE DISCUSSED: OPERATIONS FOR COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE, ONGOING SECURITY TOURS AGAINST HOSTILE TERRORIST ACTIVITY AND PREVENTING THE SUPPLY OF WEAPONS TO TERRORIST ELEMENTS AND SUPPORTING GROUND FORCES IN OPERATIONAL OPERATIONS. IN THE 2ND DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DRILLING AND GAS PRODUCTIONS, DRILLING: TAMAR, WHALE, AND INTELLIGENCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE CRUISE MISSIONS WERE EXPANDED AND INCLUDE SECURITY OF STATE PROPERTY IN THE SEA.

THE BOAT BUILDING

THE FACTIONS
INITIALLY, THE CRUISES WERE CREATED IN ORDER TO BUILD THE VESSEL, AND THE SHIPS RECEIVED FLEET NUMBERS THAT INCLUDED 31 AS A CRUISE AND A SERIAL NUMBER. AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF 12 VESSELS OF CHERBURG AND THE COMPLETION OF ARMAMENT, A DIVISION WAS MADE IN THE TREND IN WHICH ALL TYPES OF ARMS WOULD BE FOUND. TWO SHIPS STORM 3 WITH 76 MM ARTILLERY AND TWO SAAR 2 SHIPS WITH SUBMARINES. A DIVISION COMMANDER HAD TO KNOW HOW TO OPERATE ALL TYPES OF SHIPS. THE MIXED MUD, WITH THE WELL-KNOWN AND ORGANISED BATTLE THEORY, ALLOWED THE COMMANDER OF THE TASK FACTION AND THE CREW TO DRAW FORCES FROM ALL CRUISE FACTIONS.

THE CRUISE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR FIGHTING FACTIONS, WITH THE HEAD OF EACH FACTION STANDING A LIEUTENANT-ALUF OFFICER. THE NUMBER OF VESSELS IN THE SEGMENT VARIES FROM TIME TO TIME, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDING COMMANDER. HERE IS A TYPICAL DIVISION:
THE FACTION 31 - THE FACTION OF ROCKET SHIPS OF THE STORM 4.5 NEGLIGIBLE: BROTHER-IN-LAW, BROTHER-IN-LAW, AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, ARROWS.
DIVISION 32 - ANOTHER FACTION OF ROCKET SHIPS OF THE STORM 4.5 NIRTH: BROTHER HODDON AND THE BROTHER OF JAFFA, ARCH BROTHER, BROTHER-CHAIR, AND THE SS-YEAR-OLD AJ RIN AND THE SEA 2-YEAR-OLD AUXILIARY SHIP USED TO LOCATE UNDERWATER.
VERSE 33 - THE BATTLE OF THE CAVES OF THE CAVE: A BROTHER OF THE LEVITES, AND A BROTHER OF EILAT.
A FACTION 36 - THE BATTLE OF THE CORBETTS OF THE STORM 6: A BROTHER FROM KINDERGARTEN, BROTHER OZ, THE BROTHER OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE BROTHER OF VICTORY.

THE HELICOPTERS USED BY THE EUROCOPEER AS-565 PANTHER, CALLED "TELEPH", ARE OPERATED BY THE 193 (WEST DEFENDERS) SQUADRON OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE. THIS INCLUDES MOSCOW PATROL OFFICERS OPERATED ON THE 33TH AND 36 CRUISE SHIPS.

OTHER UNITS
AUXILIARY SHIP, A 3-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, WAS SOLD TO THE GOVERNMENT COMPANY FOR RESEARCHING DAYS AND LAKES TO ISRAEL IN 2015, BUT THE NAVY HAS THE RIGHT TO RECRUIT IT AT WAR.
THE SUB-MEMIC UNIT – A UNIT TASKED WITH FINDING EQUIPMENT AND DROWNING ON THE SEABED. BASED ON RESERVE PERSONNEL, THE UNIT IS FORCED TO SAIL AND WORKS WITH ONE OF THE AID SHIPS.

NAMES OF SHIPS
THE VESSEL ON THE CRUISE AND IN THE ENTIRE ISRAELI NAVY CARRY THE CODE "BROTHER" WHICH MEANS "THE SHIP'S SHIP'S SHIP'S SHIP." IN THE NAVY, IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THE WORLD TO CALL NEW SHIPS UNDER THE NAMES OF PREVIOUS SHIPS OUT OF THE SERVICE. THERE ARE SHIPS IN THE CRUISE WITH RECURRING NAMES.

AFTER THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, THE NAVY STOPPED USING NAVAL NUMBERS. UNLIKE ALL THE WORLD FLEETS THE NUMBER OF FLEETS DEFINES THE VESSEL AS AN IDENTITY NUMBER THAT DOES NOT CHANGE, ON THE CRUISE OF THE MISSILE SHIPS AND THE ISRAELI NAVY, THERE ARE NO FLEET NUMBERS. IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SHIPS WITH THE SAME NAME, THE MODEL IS DESTROYED