Over 5,000 military service personnel and defence ministry civil servants are facing compulsory redundancies as the government decides on Friday where to make savings of €1bn in its defence budget.The job losses will affect all ranks in the defence ministry, according to government sources quoted in the Volkskrant.
Defence minister Hans Hillen also plans to scrap tanks and Cougar helicopters, to cut the 87 F-16 fighter jets by around a third and to sell off a number of naval vessels.
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No tanks in a modern army... and was left is being sold to third world countries for minimum prices. The F-16 fleet is miniaturized, as are the amount of air bases. The Cougar choppers are just a few years old and specifically bought for the air mobile brigade. The navy (or what is left of it) is further decimized. The total sell out and destruction of the army, air force and navy is reaching a level of no return. For future missions in Europe and beyond is no money left. I think it is time for an thorough analysis of how this all could happen as it did.
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