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Author: NZDF

New Zealand Army personnel from the Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles (QAMR) were recently tested at an armoured troop-level fire and manoeuvre exercise at Waiouru. From providing accurate support fires to conducting assaults on simulated enemy positions, Exercise Hill 60 saw NZ Army troops successfully complete 24-hour live firing battle handling exercises in the Waiouru Military Training Area.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/new-zealand-army-battles-tough-conditions-during-valuable-armoured-vehicle-exercise/
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Author: Wayne Mapp

There can be little doubt that the soon to be released Defence Capability Plan will require substantial new expenditure over the next decade, writes Dr Wayne Mapp.

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2024/07/18/quantity-capability-investment-needed-in-defence/
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Author: Phil Pennington

The US has included New Zealand under a military trade law that exists to "support [the] national security objectives of the United States" - without the New Zealand government's involvement.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/517453/new-zealand-quietly-added-to-us-military-trade-law
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Author: Phil Pennington

The Defence Force has been helping the US military with artificial intelligence-powered weapons to speed up what they call "kill chains".

US reports show the NZDF is one of a half dozen militaries involved in regular exercises to link American and allied war-fighting technology more closely.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523908/nz-joins-us-military-exercises-deploying-ai-for-kill-chains
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Author: NZDF

Aircraft belonging to the air forces of France, Germany and Spain are due to arrive at Base Ohakea this afternoon as crew and personnel make a goodwill visit to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/european-air-forces-flying-in-for-new-zealand-visit/
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The Australian surface combatant review’s recommendations around Tier 2 general purpose frigates pose interesting questions for New Zealand, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts.

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Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2024/07/11/australian-surface-combatant-review/
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Author: Marie Russell

Opinion: All up, defence cost us more than $6.7 billion in 2023/24.

There were 14,996 people working for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) at June 2023, while others dealt with procurement and policy in the non-military wing, the Ministry of Defence.

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Article: https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/27/is-our-investment-in-defence-value-for-money/
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Not sure what pressure to join AUKUS there is... as there is no pressure... Pillar 2 of AUKUS is only in the form of technology ie; quantum computing, space and the like nothing to do with the nuclear side of AUKUS.

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Marie Russell is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Not much of a qualifications on defence.
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Author: NZ DPRK Society

The claim by Ministers Judith Collins and Winston Peters that deploying NZDF personnel to the so-called United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea will better support peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula is refuted by Dr Tim Beal, Chairman of the NZ DPRK Society.

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Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2406/S00076/nzdf-personnel-should-not-be-deployed-to-korea.htm
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