Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that submarines supplied bybr Germany to Israel were an important addition to Israel's nationalbr security. On Monday, a German newspaper reported that submarinesbr produced by Germany and supplied to Israel as part of an extensivebr arms deal were capable of launching nuclear-tipped cruise missiles --br despite insistence by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that thebr submarines provided to Israel were not nuclear-capable. Whilebr Netanyahu was not asked about the submarines' nuclear capabilities, hebr did say that it was important that the Jewish State knew how to defendbr itself against all threats. Israel is considering the purchase ofbr three more German submarines, in addition to the six it has alreadybr bought -- three of which are already in Israel. Germany will absorb abr third of the cost of the deals, and allow Israel to delay payment ofbr its part, until 2015.