Dutch frigate in the North Sea. Photo: Dutch Ministry of Defence
The Dutch government has given the Ministry of Defence the permanent task of monitoring potential threats in the Dutch part of the North Sea.
Opposing reconnaissance
The Dutch government is thus recognising the risk of sabotage against vital maritime infrastructure and is gaining a better picture of threats in the North Sea. The mapping, for example
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An unmanoeuvrable Dutch freighter has been towed safely from the Unterwarnow back to Rostock's overseas port. The 122 metre long ...
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It is high time that Germany followed suit and adapted the constitutional basis of its armed forces to the threats of the 21st century. If the navy can already operate in peacetime in a similar way to the Netherlands, this is neither a threat to democracy nor an approximation to Nazi conditions! Article 87a of the Basic Law is the work of man, and what people have decided, people can change. Do it at last!