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A look at the Defence news 7 – 13 March
The month of June should see new workable proposals for reinforcing European defence cooperation. So said the Netherlands ...
A look at the Defence news 29 February – 6 March
On 6 March, a KDC-10 transport aircraft carrying aid supplies left Eindhoven Air Base headed for Greece. A summary of Defence ...
A look at the Defence news 22 – 28 February
Defence has developed the book ‘Bo gaat op missie’ [‘Bo is going on a mission’], for children of parents who are going to be ...
A look at the Defence news 15 – 21 February
The Royal Netherlands Navy's strongest tugboat in its long history arrived in Den Helder on 20 February. A summary of the Defence ...
A look at the Defence news 8 – 14 February
The Netherlands is expanding capability for guarding the European borders. This will be achieved by the creation of additional ...
A look at the Defence news 1 – 7 February
Defence cooperation, the EU missions and a new European security strategy. Those were the topics discussed by the EU ministers of ...
A look at the Defence news 25 – 31 January
The Netherlands has decided to also combat ISIS in east Syria with targeted air strikes. In addition, the government will ...
A look at the Defence news 18 – 24 January
Its involvement in the mission in the Middle East and other operations means the Dutch F-16 demonstration team will not be giving ...
A look at the Defence news 11-17 January
From the beginning of next month, personnel from the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, the Royal Netherlands Navy and other parts ...
A look at the Defence news 4 – 10 January
“ISIS has launched an attack on our way of life.” Those were the words of Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher last weekend in ...