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Reinforcements for the Eunavfor Atalanta operation

(B2) Two ships - one Dutch (the multirole frigate HNLMS Van Amstel) and a Spanish one (the frigate ESPS Reina Sofia arrived in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden to reinforce the European anti-piracy mission Eunavfor Atalanta. Both have on-board helicopters which thus increase the range of action of the ships. Eunavfor “ now has about ten ships ready to deal with an expected upsurge in piracy after the end of the monsoon season “Specifies the HQ of Atalanta.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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