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Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

www.euronews.com Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions, the Dutch government wants to more than double the number of people serving in the armed forces, from 70,000 to 200,000 people. #EuropeNews

Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

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Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

www.euronews.com /my-europe/2025/03/25/the-netherlands-confirms-it-wants-to-more-than-double-its-military-personnel-by-2030

Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

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Okay so that would make it 4 people. Great going.
- They’ll have to yell „Peng! Peng!” instead of actually firing their guns to save on munition, though.
  
  I've always thought, this was a German thing.

Hup Holland!

For reference: 200.000 is the target size of the German army. The Netherlands have a population of 18.000.000, so the standing army is supposed become 1.1% of the population.
The dutch target size corresponds to about the same size as the Russian army relative to its population size. (1.5 Million active for 146 Million population)

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