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Well, we all know about the Defence Capability Plan 2019 was released in June 2019, and now we now know that the NZDF wand and the NZG want another or 2nd sealift ship bigger and better than HMNZS Canterbury, with a proper "well dock", that can hold/hanger more aircraft, vehicles and troops, ie; a proper LDP even possibly a smaller LHD (but I doubt that) also to replace Canterbury around 2035 giving the Navy 2 LPD sealift fleet.
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Read more: A closer look at our Defence Force.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Maritime patrol and maritime surveillance aircraft are a vital tool in ensuring what is known as maritime domain awareness, and they serve as a complementary asset for navies and coast guards protecting their nation’s maritime interests.
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Rolling in the deep the Royal New Zealand Navy's newest ship Aotearoa is undergoing her final sea trials off the coast of South Korea in preparation for her sail to New Zealand. This allows the crew to get acquainted with their new ship and her capabilities and for the ship to show what she’s got.
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The scope of the cooperation may extend beyond North Korea’s ballistic missiles. The five-country anglophone intelligence-sharing arrangement known as “Five Eyes” is collaborating with outside partners France, Japan, and South Korea to better understand North Korea’s military activities, a Kyodo News report noted on Sunday.
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Read more: ‘Five Eyes’ Countries Eye Expanded Cooperation Amid North Korea Challenges
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“A contract for Canada to upgrade two New Zealand frigates illustrates a budding, mutually-beneficial, Pacific-focused relationship,” according to Melbourne-based political analyst Grant Wyeth reporting for Washington D.C.-based online international news magazine, The Diplomat.
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Read more: New Zealand’s Role in Canada’s Pacific Shift
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So you want to know how a sonobouy is deployed and works...
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Read more: P3 Sonobuoy Deployment
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You don’t want your retirement savings invested in nuclear bombs, sure. But what about conventional defence equipment that’s also used for essential civilian purposes?
This month’s assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and the Australian navy’s evacuation of people escaping bushfires are two very different events, but they highlight the dilemma faced by KiwiSavers wanting to invest ethically. When does putting your retirement savings into a weapons manufacturer cross the line between acceptable and unacceptable?
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Read more: Tanks, torpedoes and tasers: Why weapons are a conundrum for KiwiSavers
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The NZDF, Navy Army and Air Force regularly help in disasters from Search and rescue, cyclon and earthquake recovery, Kaikoura earthquake was a good example where the warships came to help, supplying food, clean water, and boots on the ground. But they can also defend the nation if needed.
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The Defence Force is battling to find a buyer for 30 unwanted armoured vehicles which cost about $186 million.
It is another chapter in the long running saga of one of the army's most expensive, and most controversial, purchases.
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