The present chapter is about coastal border control for threats entering the coastal waters under the water surface. This threat consists mainly of covertly operating submarines. Acoustic sensors are commonly used for the detection of these submarines, as illustrated by the recent (renewed) deployment …

We consider an environment in which several independent service providers can collaborate by pooling their critical, low-utilization resources that are subject to unavailability. We examine the allocation of the joint profit for such a pooled situation by studying an associated cooperative game. For …

Underwater explosive devices, such as improvised explosive devices (IED), offer a high-risk threat within the maritime domain. An attack on ships in harbours, coastal infrastructure, such as locks and quays, by underwater explosives could have a detrimental effect on infrastructure functionality and …

Over time the nature of military and maritime operations has shifted from traditional warfare to hybrid type of operations including non-traditional forms of military action such as law enforcement activities. The changing character of operations also impacts the applicable legal framework making the …

Dit artikel richt zich op het heden en blikt in de toekomst. Daarbij komt de vraag aan de orde welke rol het Korps Rijdende Artillerie in de toekomst kan vervullen. Met het oog op de huidige hybride dreigingen en de ring van instabiliteit rondom het NAVO-gebied[1] is het interessant om deze vraag te …

Flexibility in organizations is important, especially when dealing with crises that develop in an unpredictable way. Existing management theory makes clear that organizations are confronted with different environmental dynamics and, therefore, need a mix of operational, structural and strategic flexible …

With trade concentrated in a few ports in todays global economy, even a single maritime terrorist incident has the potential to significantly disrupt our economic and financial processes. A (renewed) maritime focus for policy makers is not only of paramount interest for our economic wealth and progress, …

Het Ministerie van Defensie vermoedt dat prijzen van militair materieel sneller stijgen dan de gemiddelde inflatie. Door het ­Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek ontwikkelde defensie­specifieke inflatie-indices laten zien dat dat niet zo is. Toch kan het gebruik van zulke indices nuttig zijn.

Mars, de stoere god van de oorlog, en Clio, de liefelijke muze van de geschiedenis, lijken elkaars tegenpolen.1 Mars is nu eenmaal een man van de praktijk en Clio vindt haar geluk in academische reflectie. Beiden kijken naar de geschiedenis voor inspiratie en kennis, maar doen dit elk op zeer verschillende …