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Work to accommodate the arrival of four new P-8A Poseidon aircraft will soon start at Manawatū air force base Ōhakea.
The Government has bought four new P-8 Poseidons, which cost $2.3 billion and will be in action by 2023, to be based at Ōhakea. The planes, which haven't been built yet, will replace the air force's aging P-3 Orions.
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Read more: Preparations to house Poseidons start soon at Ōhakea
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/115285843/preparations-to-house-poseidons-start-soon-at-hakea
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Just last year, Captain James Fanell, a former director of intelligence and information operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, warned Congress about the need to track and deter Chinese nuclear-armed submarines.
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Read more: Poseidon: America's Secret Weapon to Slaughter China's Stealth Submarines
Britain asked New Zealand whether it could help patrol the Strait of Hormuz following the seizure of oil tankers by Iran, but we didn't have any boats to send, the Minister of Defence says.
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Read more: New Zealand has no boats to send to Strait of Hormuz: Defence Minister Ron Mark
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12260633
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Read more: Where are the Frigates?
- Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/where-are-the-frigates
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Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced on 17 August that Tranche Two of the Network Enabled Army programme has been approved and will commence this year.
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Read more: Next stage of Network Enabled Army programme to begin
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2019/08/17/network-enabled-army-two/
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The New Zealand government has opened tenders for the construction of a new home for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft.
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Read more: New Zealand seeking P-8A Poseidon base builders ahead of first aircraft arrival in 2023
- Article: https://navaltoday.com/2019/08/12/new-zealand-seeking-p-8a-poseidon-base-builders-ahead-of-first-aircraft-arrival-in-2023/
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In February 1985, the government of New Zealand refused the destroyer USS Buchanan (DDG-14) entry to the port of Auckland after the U.S. Navy refused to declare whether the Buchanan was carrying nuclear weapons, which ran afoul of New Zealand’s recently implemented “nuclear free zone” policy. This otherwise minor incident led the U.S. Navy to ban New Zealand port calls by any Navy or Coast Guard ship and to prohibit New Zealand Navy vessels from visiting U.S. Navy facilities.
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Read more: Lift the Ban on New Zealand Port Visits
- Article: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/july/lift-ban-new-zealand-port-visits
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A fleet-wide grounding of all Australian MRH-90 helicopters recently put a significant dent in ship-to-shore capabilities – and no doubt dented some egos too – during Australia’s largest and most prestigious exercise.
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Read more: Aussies fly Kiwi choppers as own fleet grounded
- Article: https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2019/07/29/aussies-fly-kiwi-choppers-as-own-fleet-grounded/
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