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Russian Su-24 Fencer Combat Aircraft (Closely Watched By Swedish JAS 39 Gripen Jets) Buzz Dutch Navy Frigate In The Baltic

May 18, 2017 David Cenciotti 11

Russian Fencers have started buzzing NATO warships in the Baltic Sea again. On May 17, two Russian Su-24M Fencer attack jets flew quite close to the Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate HNLMS Evertsen, operating in the […]

Russian Aircraft Carrier in the vicinity? Royal Netherlands Navy had no ships to dispatch

May 24, 2014 David Cenciotti 32

Russia’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov passed through the English Channel recently. But the Dutch Navy had no ships available for escort duties. In spite of a commitment to the NATO alliance, several years of […]