Israel will receive the first of four new missile ships in December to defend its shores and vital sites, according to Israeli army spokesman.
The Sa'ar 6 ships were handed over to Israel from a marine shipyards in Germany.
"The first of the new missile ships set to defend Israel’s shores and strategic sites will arrive in early December, after it was handed over to the Navy from the Thyssenkrup Marine shipyards in Germany," the spokesman said in a statement.
He said the ships deployment aims to protect the Israel's economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea and to be capable of facing asymmetric battle methods facing the Navy from land.
The Sa'ar 6-class corvette is a class of warships initially ordered for Israel's Navy in 2015.
Command over the ship was officially transferred on October 29 from Germany to Israel.
According to the spokesman, the Sa'ar 6 has a handful of unique capabilities intended to handle various threats.
"It has numerous communications systems operated by the army in order to communicate with a handful of units, as well as an Anti-Ballistic Missile system and radar-based steep-shot shooting interception."
The ships will additionally be armed with the means for detecting aerial and field targets, allowing the Sa'ar 6 to face a wide range of threats. It can also carry a Sea-Hawk helicopter.
