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French Troops End Combat Mission in Afghanistan
French troops on Tuesday ended their last combat mission in Afghanistan by withdrawing from Kapisa province as part of an accelerated departure from the war-torn country. The last 400 soldiers deployed to the volatile province started to leave Nijrab, the French base in Kapisa, at 10:00 am (0530 GMT) after a departure ceremony. Of the [...]
Iraq’s Maliki In Russia for Huge Arms Deal, Syria Agreement
Russia eyes a record arms deal and rare agreement over Syria on Tuesday when it hosts Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the first time in almost four years. Maliki arrived in Moscow for three days of discussions Monday that media reports speculated would conclude with the signing of a $4.3 billion arms deal that [...]
Indonesia Ditches Dutch Tank Deal, Goes to Germany Instead
Indonesia has abandoned plans to buy 80 second-hand tanks from the Dutch army and has placed the order with Germany instead, according to local media reports. According to the Jakarta Post, the government opted to do business with Germany because it ‘offered more security about the delivery date and the number of tanks’. A majority [...]
Dutch Help Block Weapons Delivery to Syria
The Dutch navy was involved in the international effort to stop a potential weapons delivery to Syria, according to caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Uri Rosenthal. The British Minister of Foreign Affairs William Hague says the ship in question, the MV Alaed, is on its way back to Russia. There are indications that the ship [...]
Benelux Army in the Making
The armies of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are to be largely merged into a Benelux army. The three countries will make a joint statement today at a NATO meeting in Brussels, according to Defence Minister Hans Hillen. The alliance calls itself the Northern Group within NATO. The minister said on BNR radio that “in [...]
Netherlands to Order Less F-35 JSF Jets
Even if the next cabinet decided in favour of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF/F-35) to replace the country’s aging fleet of F-16′s, it would almost certainly order fewer planes than initially planned. Defence Minister Hans Hillen made this remark on Sunday in the current affairs show Buitenhof. The current plans call for the purchase of [...]
Dutch Defence Minister In Texas to Discuss Joint Strike Fighter
Defence Minister Hans Hillen says he did not avoid thorny issues during his recent visit to the JSF factory in Texas. “Lockheed Martin knows it will have to work hard to keep us on board,” he said afterwards. The Netherlands is still divided on the purchase of the F-35 which is to replace the country’s [...]
South Korea Developing Anti-Ship Missiles: Report
The South Korean military is developing anti-ship cruise missiles, a news report said Wednesday, after sea trials of China’s first aircraft carrier sparked regional security concerns. Development of the supersonic missiles is expected to be complete in three or four years, Seoul’s Chosun Ilbo daily said. “Fully-fledged research on the development of supersonic anti-ship missiles [...]
Arms Sales to Middle East Backfire
Arms sales to Arab countries have been a gold mine for the Dutch government, but now it seems the Netherlands is regretting its choice of trading partners; Dutch armed vehicles may have been used against protesters in the recent uprisings in Egypt and Bahrain. Over the last two decades, the Netherlands has sold 730 million [...]
