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Ronald van Vuuren retweeted
Damen zal in de eerste helft van 2027 beginnen met de bouw van de nieuwe ASW-fregatten. Dat bevestigde Defensie na berichten in Roemeense media. Meer (gratis artikel): marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Bouw…
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België schaft met steun van Nederland dezelfde systemen voor luchtverdediging aan als wij. Zo delen we kennis, werken we samen aan de ontwikkeling en staan we sterker. Dit is Europese samenwerking in de praktijk! Zo maken we Europa sterker en veiliger.
defensie.nl/nieuws/20261109-…
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Becoming a Multi-Domain Operations-enabled Alliance requires 32 Allies to synchronize their national capabilities, by aligning both military & civilian efforts while keeping operations coordinated across five domains: land, air, maritime, space & cyberspace.
@NATO_ACT is working with Allies to strengthen interoperability, improve civil-military coordination and ensure national capabilities can contribute effectively to collective operations.
🔗act.nato.int/article/converg…
#WeAreNATO
Ronald van Vuuren retweeted
The UK MoD has (finally) firmed up the contract, for a duration of 10 months (to 31 August 2027), to look into the possibility of integrating MBDA's ASTER 30 missile into MK41.
It will "inform strategic decisions on future capability
development and operational flexibility to reduce the
need for separate launcher solutions for different
missile types".
The Royal Navy hopes to standardize on MK41 post-Type 45, but with an eye to having the ASTER 30 (family) live on longer than the ship it debuted on.
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Hoe manipuleerden hackers de koelsystemen van supermarkten en slagers? En waarom wijzen de acties op betrokkenheid van aan de Russische overheid gelieerde groepen?
De nieuwste ‘Schaduwoorlog’ over op hol geslagen koelsystemen:
open.spotify.com/episode/7FP…
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Fascinating chart on which countries are giving most to Ukraine (via Paul Krugman)
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BREAKING: Ukraine has carried out the world’s first medical evacuation of a human via a drone from the battlefield the 30th mechanised brigade of Ukraine managed to save their injured comrade from a minefield.
Just absolutely insane.
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🇺🇸 🇳🇱 Oshkosh starts production of JLTV-based Kaaiman patrol vehicle prototype for Netherlands Marine Corps. Delivery scheduled for 2028
defence-industry.eu/oshkosh-…
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🇨🇭🇳🇱🇩🇪🇩🇰🇸🇪 The Swiss Federal Council has approved its participation in the Dutch Knifefish program for the procurement of new electronic warehousing vehicles.
According to the press release, Germany and Denmark are also participating in the project, with Sweden looking to join it as well.
hartpunkt.de/schweizer-bunde…
🇳🇱🇩🇪 According to Hartpunkt, Germany is set to award a contract for the procurement of Knifefish electronic warfare vehicles in collaboration with the Netherlands.
The initial order is expected to be 32 vehicles for both countries with an estimated combined requirement for a fleet of 190 vehicles.
hartpunkt.de/knifefish-stoer…
Ronald van Vuuren retweeted
Aangepast aan Nederlandse eisen en uitgerust voor speciale operaties. Dat is de Caracal-helikopter, waarvan de productie vandaag officieel van start is gegaan.
Lees hier meer: defensie.nl/nieuws/20261007-…
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KONGSBERG has signed a contract with the Netherlands for the expansion of the country’s air defence programme CITADEL.
🔗 brnw.ch/21x632A
#AirDefence #NOMADS #NASAMS #Defence
Ronald van Vuuren retweeted
Mijnenbestrijdingsvaartuig Vlissingen is na de brand hersteld, maar de indienststelling is verder opgeschoven. Meer: marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Mijn…
Ronald van Vuuren retweeted
Dankzij de #MMF beschikken 9 Europese landen over gedeelde capaciteiten voor lucht-tot-luchtbevoorrading, strategisch luchttransport en medische evacuaties. 👉 sway.cloud.microsoft/HVnxLpS…
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A Dutch company landed the job of designing where submarine crews will sleep and eat on the Netherlands' new Orka-class subs.
Read more: defence-blog.com/dutch-firm-…
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🇩🇪 Hartpunkt reports that the Bundeswehr will submit a budget request worth about 40 million € to the Bundestag budget committee to develop a ship-based launcher for the IRIS-T SLM medium-range air defense system for its F-125 class frigates.
hartpunkt.de/neue-meilenstei…
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How Russian propaganda works abroad, in one sentence per layer:
For the right: "Russia defends tradition." For the left: "NATO caused this." For the pacifist: "Weapons prolong war." For the cynic: "Everyone lies equally." For the tired: "It's complicated."
Five contradictory messages, one output: do nothing.
Russian propaganda doesn't need you to love Moscow. It needs you paralyzed — and it has a script for whichever ideology you brought to the table.
Whenever a take ends in "therefore, inaction," check the return address.
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Cultuurfilosoof Jelle van Baardwijk is niet de enige academicus die empathie voor Poetin koestert. Zeker vier andere professoren zitten op die lijn; allen etaleren dedain voor empirische kennis, schrijft columnist Hubert Smeets. nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/08/20/aca…
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Das Beschaffungssystem muss strukturell reformiert werden. Sonst wird viel Geld in ein veraltetes System gepumpt, das mit den modernen Innovations- und Adaptionszyklen nicht mithält. Das führt zur Beschaffung ,mehr vom Alten‘, enorm überteuert und am Ende womöglich nicht bedrohungsgerecht. Wir müssen unsere F&E-Politik bei Rüstung, die Rüstungsindustriepolitik und vor allem die Beschaffung strukturell an das neue Kriegsbild anpassen. Wir brauchen nicht nur Drohnen, sondern einen Mix. Entscheidend sind dabei KI-gestützte Systeme unter anderem für schnelle Führungsentscheidungen, Lagebild und Zielerfassung sowie die Drohnenabwehr– integriert auch in den „alten“ Systemen. Aber ohne KI und Drohnenfähigkeiten geht es nicht.
merkur.de/politik/panzer-sta…
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“We all see what is happening to Ukraine now. But it all began with Ukraine’s attempt to join the European Union,” Putin said.
With that one sentence, Putin came remarkably close to admitting what this war has always been about.
Not “protecting Donbas.”
Not “denazification.”
Not defending the Russian language.
Not religion.
Not NATO.
Ukraine dared to choose its own future.
A future outside Moscow’s control.
A future in Europe.
A future as a sovereign nation with its own language, politics, identity and destiny.
That is what the Kremlin could not accept.
For an empire, the greatest threat is not a foreign army at its border.
It is a former colony realizing that it no longer needs the empire — and choosing freedom.
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CLARKE: In my own view, we're heading towards a militarized confrontation with Russia.
Can we come out on top? We're 10 or 12 times richer than Russians. With US, we're 20 times richer.
On hardware, we've got twice number of combat ships, 2 or 3 times number of combat aircraft.
We've got about 1.5 times Russian ground forces, collectively. But they're mobilized and we're not mobilized.
They have highly dictatorial single government, and we have 27 governments in EU, and 30 in European NATO.
You know, excluding Canada, United States, and 32 of NATO, all of which make their own decisions.
So, they're mobilized, we're not. They're prepared for conflict, we're not, and trying to pretend it won't happen.
Maybe I'm being alarmist. But I ask myself every week, am I taking this too seriously? Am I being too alarmist?
And every week, I come to the same conclusion: no. Things are really getting objectively worse or more tense.