Using Google translate: Netherlands Defense is augmenting firepower with rocket artillery and long-range weapons The Netherlands Defense is strengthening the firepower of the armed forces. This is done with the purchase of rocket artillery for the army and long-range weapons for the navy and air for...

abc123 wrote: ↑12 Dec 2022, 19:08 So the Dutch have also decided to buy NSMs:

Only for the LCF Frigates, the new frigates, the Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) is not known yet what they get, but i assume they also will get the NSM.

Will happen in April and May, by that time the crisis in Ukraine might be over. There's probably another force that has responsibility for the tasking until that time. Did some digging and the last few rotations have been RAF (Typhoon) -> RCAF (F/A-18) -> Italy (Typhoon). 4 Italian Typhoons arrived...

Dutch F-35As are the first F-35 deployment to the NATO Southern Air Policing task - 2 F-35A were sent to Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Bulgaria to work alongside Romanian F-16s and Bulgarian MiG-29s to conduct QRA tasking https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defence/latest/f-35-to-make-nato-southern-air...

Tempest414 wrote: ↑27 Dec 2021, 11:00 Looks like Iran is keeping the West on its toes on a budget what with the fast boats and these

Showing it off is one thing, using it in combat is a other thing.

NighthawkNZ wrote:Reading through the RFI things to note;

The Canadian Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessels fit the bill reading this list you posted.

Be great to start with and maybe a few of t31 class for a follow on loan ,say build one in UK and another 2 in Ukraine ...just a thought like Like the sound of that. Probably too late for the five that are on order, but maybe we could interest them in a number of Type 31s with some of the blocks fo...

Is it allowed if i post some links to some great TLs that are on my forum, the first is: http://alternate-timelines.proboards.com/thread/2703/fanfic-operation-drypool-fall-britain https://i.imgur.com/WbDIEaG.png Second would be: http://alternate-timelines.proboards.com/thread/1522/soviet-domination-...

I wonder if they will get back into armoured warfare properly, forming a Dutch Mechanised Brigade or similar with their own MBTs again, rather than providing Mechanised Infantry for a German Brigade. They would only need around 50 platforms plus relevant support vehicles which should be readily ava...

The roadmap to 2024 “.......This government is committed to further increase defence spending in order to fulfill the Defence Investment Pledge. A step towards this goal is to invest in our capability targets as stated in the NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP). Of these capability targets, we have...

Timmymagic wrote:

If i did not know better i would think the Photoshop PCU Michael Monsoor into the picture.

The new Combat Support Ship that will carry the name Den Helder.

Lord Jim wrote:Yet again another impressive platform brought o use by those Ferrari loving lads and lasses.

Doubt it will be in that cool color scheme.

Crewmembers of Zr Ms_Holland in New York, a nice picture it is.

Question, this is the new Dutch Army combat uniform, is it me ore does it look borrowed from a other country combat uniform.

So the Netherlands department of Defense has just released the Defense White Paper 2018, the effects are a increase of finance and also a lot of new stuff.

I have seen a lot of comments about replacing the Chally2 with the Leopard. However, after seeing how thin the armour was on the Dutch Leopards in Afghan and also seeing how many Turkey have now lost in Syria. I don't think that would be a very wise decision. The Netherlands never had Leopards in A...

So it seems that in 2022 a new Combat Support Ship will join the Royal Netherlands Navy, its name is already chosen but not yet revealed, the Combat Support Ship will arrive before the new frigates,mine hunters and submarines the Royal Netherlands Navy is planning to add.

SKB wrote:

lordroel wrote:So it seems the Royal Netherlands Navy might get a second Combat Support Ship.

Another Karel Doorman? Good news if so.

Yes, but now lets hope the other ships that need replacement also get funds.

So it seems the Royal Netherlands Navy might get a second Combat Support Ship.

Would be cool to see a T45 a long side of here during trails.

http://news.sky.com/story/no-10-covered-up-botched-missile-test-weeks-before-trident-vote-10738472 So the United Kingdom almost nuked Florida. Warhead not loaded. A reliable missile type developed a fault during a 'test.' The missiles are from a shared pool with the USN (which we evil Brits have ac...

dmereifield wrote:http://news.sky.com/story/no-10-covered ... e-10738472

So the United Kingdom almost nuked Florida.

arfah wrote:Interesting design, isn't it?

http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sci-tech/a ... -1.2689932

It look top heavy with that massive structure on top.

What does by the end of the parliament' mean for sombody not living in the UK.