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Read more: The Cost and Benefit of Frigates
- Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/the-cost-and-benefit-of-frigates
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In a recent Incline post titled ‘Where are the Frigates?’ Professor Robert Ayson notes, quite correctly, that the frigates currently undergoing refit in Canada represent ‘no small portion of New Zealand’s modest capacity to project military power.’ He then asks, ‘if New Zealand can have a period of months when it does without that capacity in its entirety, would the lights really go out if there were no frigates at all?’
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Read more: Keeping the Lights On: The Need for New Zealand to Increase Its Maritime Capability
- Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/keeping-the-lights-on-the-need-for-new-zealand-to-increase-its-maritime-capability
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Working as a team. A major Search and Rescue (SAR) exercise was held recently in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, which combined the skills of Royal New Zealand Air Force units and outside agencies. It was an opportunity for all involved in SAR events to learn from each other and strengthen ties.
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The US state department has approved a possible sale of 31 MK 54 lightweight torpedoes to the Republic of Korea.
The Republic of Korea Navy is acquiring the torpedoes for its new Poseidon P-8A submarine hunter aircraft.
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Read more: US clears sale of MK 54 torpedoes for South Korean P-8As
- Article: https://navaltoday.com/2019/08/29/us-clears-sale-of-mk-54-torpedoes-for-south-korean-p-8as/?fbclid=IwAR3z94jkEuWHZ-spXhZdhKJy6OhK3vZcgvksaHhmSTZeWSjoXJZip_HhfYI#.XWmno3HCj5t.facebook
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HMNZS Aoratea in South Korea getting fitted out
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- Article: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/cv4mbv/royal_new_zealand_navy_replenishment_ship_hmnzs/ey22pkk/
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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
- Article: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/poseidon-americas-secret-weapon-slaughter-chinas-stealth-submarines-76866?fbclid=IwAR3_5c4XOaP1Gq9k8f2fqLBi5p1gfC-cnO0tuap1OBq9xRGZyFH88L3_tpw
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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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