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A look at the Defence news 28 January – 3 February
Ocean-going patrol vessel HNLMS Zeeland intercepted a transport of over 2,000 kilos of drugs in the Caribbean Sea during a ...
A look at the Defence news 21 – 27 January
Dutch military personnel came to the rescue after an attack on UN soldiers north of Kidal in Mali. They evacuated wounded ...
A look at the Defence news 14 – 21 January
During a conference on UN peace operations that took place in The Hague, Netherlands Minister of Defence Ank Bijleveld-Schouten ...
A look at the Defence news 8 – 13 January
The 1 German-Netherlands Corps in Münster is currently the Land Component Command for the NATO Response Force (NRF). The Very ...
A look at the Defence news 19 December – 7 January
In 2019, the Netherlands will continue its contribution to a stable Iraq. This was the most important message from the ...
A look at the Defence news 12 – 18 December
This was reported in the weekly review of Defence operations (12 – 18 December).
Netherlands government approves NATO national plan
The Netherlands government has today approved the national plan on the NATO Defence Investment Pledge. This plan includes the ...
A look at the Defence news 3 – 10 December
Dutch F-16s supported ground troops in the fight against ISIS, taking part in nine missions and using force in seven of these. ...
New at Defence: Netherlands Special Operations Command (video)
Special Operations Forces (SOF) are becoming increasingly important, yet at a national level this capability was until recently ...
A look at the Defence news 27 November – 2 December
Dutch F-16s supported ground troops during 9 missions in the fight against ISIS, in 3 of which force was used. The aircraft came ...