The green forces in the Netherlands are currently showing themselves to be innovative. However, it is not politicians who are involved in the power struggle, but soldiers from the Corps Mariniers, the Dutch equivalent of the German sea battalion. Things have been futuristic there in recent months, as a completely new piece of equipment has had to prove itself in initial tests: the Gravity...
Around 1,200 vehicles and containers as well as 54 helicopters from a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division are on their way to their home base in Kentucky. They are on board a ship that left the port of Rotterdam a few days ago. As mfo has already reported, the Dutch military supported the transport as part of...
Despite the recent decline in piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the sea area is still considered one of the most dangerous in the world. Captains and shipowners are therefore happy to have their ships escorted by warships. In order to ensure the protection of cargo and crew, soldiers or so-called private security can also be deployed.
Schout-bij-nacht René Tas becomes the new inspector of the Dutch Navy. On 9 September, he will take over command of the armed forces from Vice Admiral Rob Kramer as Vice Admiral. Tas is expected to have the task of setting the course for the Royal Netherlands Navy for the next four years. The principles of the defence vision...
For around nine months, the 101st Airborne Division, one of two airborne divisions of the United States Army, reinforced the American armed forces in Eastern Europe. Now the 54 deployed helicopters are returning home to Kentucky. In addition to Black Hawks, Chinook transport helicopters, Apache attack helicopters and around 1,200 vehicles and containers are also part of the...
The Dutch Navy has been using the Goalkeeper close-range defence system since the early 1990s. What was state-of-the-art at the time is no longer state of the art today. It is only thanks to a modernisation programme that the systems installed on various ships can still be kept in service. Goalkeeper is a so-called Close-in Weapon...
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