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NL Times

Amsterdam-based English-language news website covering the Netherlands, run by 3120 Media.

NL Times reported on 24 September 2026 on the Dutch letter of intent with Electro Optic Systems over the Apollo laser, repeating the maker's claim of 20 to 50 drone kills a minute at under US$1 a shot.

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Background

NL Times is an English-language news website about the Netherlands, run by the Amsterdam company 3120 Media from Mauritskade 64. It publishes general news on Dutch politics, business, crime and society for readers WHO follow the country in English.

Its Apollo story of 24 September 2026 placed the Dutch laser plan alongside Britain's DragonFire, which would make the Netherlands one of NATO Europe's early laser buyers. The piece carried no individual byline.

The site covers Dutch news in general rather than defence in particular. The kill-rate and cost-per-shot figures in its Apollo story came from the manufacturer, so they stand as claims relayed in English, not as an independent assessment of the weapon.

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who owns NL Times?

The NL Times website is run by 3120 Media, a company registered at Mauritskade 64 in Amsterdam.Source: https://nltimes.nl/privacy

what is NL Times?

NL Times is an Amsterdam-based website publishing news about the Netherlands in English, covering politics, business, crime and society.Source: https://nltimes.nl/contact

what did NL Times report about the Dutch Apollo laser?

On 24 September 2026 it reported that the Netherlands signed a deal over the Apollo laser and repeated claims that it can destroy 20 to 50 drones a minute at under US$1 a shot.Source: https://nltimes.nl/2026/09/24/netherlands-signs-deal-laser-system-can-destroy-dozens-drones-per-minute

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