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A look at the Defence news, 22 – 28 October
“We’ll see you in the Netherlands in 2020!” With those words, the British prince Harry closed the 4th edition of the Invictus ...
A look at the Defence news, 15 – 21 October
Earlier this week, the fuel systems of 2 Dutch F-35s were checked. The system of 1 aircraft was found to be not functioning ...
A look at the Defence news 8 – 14 October
A Dutch F-35 has tested its rapid fire cannon for the first time. The test took place at the firing range of Edwards Air Force ...
A look at the Defence news, 1 – 7 October
Last week, a 29-year-old American passenger became aggressive during a night flight from Abu Dabi to Amsterdam. The plane was ...
Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service disrupts Russian cyber operation targeting OPCW
On 13 April 2018, with support from the Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service and UK counterparts, the ...
A look at the defence news 25 – 30 September
The Royal Netherlands Air Force and US Strategic Command are to exchange space situational awareness (SSA) data or, in layman’s ...
A look at the Defence news 17 – 23 September
With 1,500 servicemen and servicewomen performing ceremonial tasks, the Defence organisation once again provided support on a ...
A look at the Defence news 11 – 18 September
During the coming weeks, 11 navy units from various NATO partners will be clearing sea lanes and parts of the North Sea seabed of ...
A look at the Defence news 4 September – 10 September
NATO ships are monitoring a large number of Russian navy vessels in the east of the Mediterranean Sea. The Russian ships and ...
A look at the Defence news 28 August – 3 September
The Netherlands does not advocate a new major European operational headquarters for military missions, Ank Bijleveld-Schouten has ...