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A look at the Defence news 20 – 27 November
Commodore Ludger Brummelaar has been appointed as the new Chief of the Military Household of His Majesty the King. He will...
A look at the Defence news 13 – 19 November
HNLMS Makkum has discovered the wreck of a German First World War submarine 8.5 miles off the coast of Barfleur, Normandy. The...
A look at the Defence news 6 – 12 November
The Netherlands will join a European hybrid warfare knowledge and expertise centre. Ank Bijleveld-Schouten informed her fellow...
A look at the Defence news 30 October – 5 November
The Multinational Caribbean Coordination Cell has been disbanded. Over the past few weeks, the unit was responsible for...
A look at the Defence news 23 October – 29 October
The Netherlands will be assisting in the relocation of the US 10th Combat Aviation Brigade until 20 November. The first US...
A look at the Defence news 16 October – 22 October
The Terrier-Oriole, a medium-range ballistic missile, was racing through space at almost 15,000 kilometres an hour. The...
A look at the Defence news, 9 – 15 October
The coalition partners of the VVD, CDA, D66 and the Christen Unie presented the coalition agreement entitled ‘Confidence in the...
A look at the Defence news 3 – 8 October
France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have set up a temporary multinational coordination cell. The purpose of this...
A look at the Defence news 26 September – 1 October
The Dutch Marine Corps and the German Navy Seebataillon unit have completed a 2-week joint training exercise in the Baltic Sea...
Chief of Defence resigns
Chief of Defence General Tom Middendorp resigned from his post this evening. He followed the example of Minister of Defence...