A look at the Defence news 23 – 30 March
A crisis phase, but not yet a mandate to attack the enemy. This was a new element in the largest air defence exercise in Europe, Joint Project Optic Windmill. The exercise scenarios were based on NATO’s defence plans.
Joint Project Optic Windmill 2025 was conducted in Vredepeel, in the province of Limburg, Netherlands, with 700 military and civilian personnel from 15 NATO countries taking part. The 10-day exercise ended last week.
Command of German-Netherlands headquarters back in German hands
1 German-Netherlands Corps (1GNC) is a headquarters that is fully deployable worldwide within 20 days. It is capable of directing an international force of more than 50,000 military personnel in crisis areas. During the past 3 years, 1GNC was under the command of Lieutenant General Nico Tak. The Dutch officer handed over command to his German counterpart Peter Mirow on 27 March.