With the return of international tensions in the early 2010s, the role of attack submarines increased dramatically for global navies. A new generation of attack submarines at…
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Despite the Covid19 crisis, Italy will increase its defense budget by nearly 10% in 2021
Italy was one of the countries most affected by the first wave of the Covid-19 virus this spring, with nearly 250.000 cases diagnosed and 35.000 deaths. It was also ...
Read the articleKoninklijke Marine: letter B given to the submarine builders selected to replace the Walrus
The Secretary of State for Defense of the Government of the Netherlands, Mrs. Barbara Visser, signed this Friday, December 13, 2019 the letter B given to the three manufacturers of selected submarines ...
Read the articleReplacement of the Dutch submarines Walrus: decision postponed to 2021
The news slammed in the air like a gunshot in the December 6, 2019 edition of Telegraaf (Niels Rigter, “Kabinet: uitstel onderzeeërs”): the replacement…
Read the articleReplacement of Dutch submarines Walrus: final straight 2020?
The replacement of Walrus-class submarines (Zr. Ms. Walrus (1992), Zr. Ms. Zeeleeuw (1990), Zr. Ms. Dolfijn (1993) and Zr. Ms. Bruinvis (1994) of the US Navy Netherlands…
Read the articleThe Netherlands is invited to join the partnership between Germany and Norway for its submarines
The Norwegian Defense Minister said the Netherlands would be welcome to join the Type212 NG submarine program, which emerged from the partnership between Germany and Norway. The…
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