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Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

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Netherlands wants to more than double military personnel by 2030

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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

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Okay so that would make it 4 people. Great going.
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  They’ll have to yell „Peng! Peng!” instead of actually firing their guns to save on munition, though.
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    I’ve always thought, this was a German thing.
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      The Dutch military is incorporated into the Bundeswehr.
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      The dutch have had this like a decade ago, when funding was even worse.

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