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Saturday, March 22, 2014

Nuclear Security Summit Goes Dutch


The Netherlands is making every effort to secure the Nuclear Security Summit it is hosting in The Hague on 24-25 March, deploying surface-to-air missiles, helicopters and bomb-sniffing dogs.

The Dutch Ground-based Air Defense Command has deployed four NASAM launcher units and an air defense radar.

The radar has been installed on an elevated platform to avoid ground clutter and its radar picture is combined with that of two NATO airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft and the De Zeven Pronvinciën LCF air defense frigate just off the coast.

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