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A look at the Defence news 13 – 19 January
Dutch military personnel have resumed their activities in the city of Erbil in northern Iraq and in Baghdad, where they are ...
A look at the Defence news 6 - 12 January
Dutch military personnel stationed at different locations in northern Iraq have been transferred to the city of Erbil. Transfers ...
A look the Defence news 9 – 15 December
A multinational inspection team assessed the enhanced Forward Presence in Lithuania according to NATO standards. The unit was ...
A look at the Defence news 2 – 8 December
Germany and the Netherlands are in the process of digitally integrating their military forces to a high degree. To facilitate ...
A look at the Defence news 25 November - 1 December
The air defence and command frigate HNLMS De Ruyter is set to leave for the Persian Gulf in January.
A look at Defense news 18 - 24 November
HNLMS Groningen has successfully intercepted a drug transport in the Caribbean Sea. This is the third seizure in a short space of ...
Part One of the standard work on the Eighty Years War now available in English
The Eighty Years War, which marked the birth of the Netherlands, was also the beginning of Dutch military history. The first part ...
A look at the Defence news 11 – 17 November
State Secretary for Defence Barbara Visser was in the US to learn more about the latest developments within the F35 programme. ...
A look at the Defence news 4 – 10 November
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has now disclosed the place, date and time of two bombing missions carried out by Dutch F-16s ...
A look at the Defence news 28 October – 3 November
On 19 November, HNLMS Groningen intercepted a transport of drugs. The patrol vessel managed to stop a speedboat carrying 330 kg ...