Frank Bekkers | “Stand-alone vessels are less relevant. It’s all about operating in a network.”
“The dominance of the West on the world stage is declining.” In the latest Damen Magazine, Frank Bekkers, security programme director at HCSS, discusses the implications for the Netherlands, and specifically the Royal Netherlands Navy, in the wider context of safeguarding national sovereignty through European autonomy. “As far as the vessels of the Royal Netherlands Navy are concerned, autonomous and underwater are the keywords.”
