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- Category : Defence
The UK has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS military arrangement between it, Australia and the US.
AUKUS Pillar One aims to deliver nuclear powered submarines to Australia while Pillar Two has seen the trio beginning to engage in advanced military tech development and sharing under reduced US military trade barriers.
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Read more: UK Parliament to consider AUKUS progress and challenges
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/557336/uk-parliament-to-consider-aukus-progress-and-challenges
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- Category : Opinion
A new RNZ poll reveals about half of voters think New Zealand should increase its defence spending.
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Read more: New RNZ-Reid Research poll: Half of Kiwis want defence spending to increase
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/poll/556896/new-rnz-reid-research-poll-half-of-kiwis-want-defence-spending-to-increase
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- Category : News
But frigates, destroyers are seen as lacking, with Beijing’s warships expected in Australasia more often.
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Read more: P-8a's worked overtime during nearby Chinese naval drills
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2025/03/28/aussie-spy-planes-worked-overtime-during-nearby-chinese-naval-drills/
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The main fuss was the very limited notice of the live firing not that they sent ships...
- Category : News
New Zealand is unable to do major servicing of its new maritime patrol and submarine-hunting planes so is sending the work to Australia.
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Read more: Defence Force can't service Poseidon planes, sends them to Australia instead
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556423/defence-force-can-t-service-poseidon-planes-sends-them-to-australia-instead
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I am pretty sure that was always the plan. Not quite sure what RNZ was trying to push on the issue. But the article does however highlight the crisis with personnel numbers.
- Category : Analysis
The Defence Force says it will be learning about "human-machine integration" - military robots - in a big exercise it is now on with the US Army.
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Read more: Military robots and thinking trucks - the learning curve ahead for NZDF
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545571/military-robots-and-thinking-trucks-the-learning-curve-ahead-for-nzdf
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- Category : Defence
New Zealand has joined military exercises in the Californian desert testing the world's most lethal drones, even as the Pentagon moves to fully embrace AI.
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Read more: The future of warfare: Killer drones and AI decision making
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545258/the-future-of-warfare-killer-drones-and-ai-decision-making
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- Category : News
President Trump has been in office for nearly two months. In that time, he has certainly upset the status quo. In many respects he has done just as he said he would do during the presidential campaign.
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Read more: Wayne Mapp: Will we invest in the capability to protect our Future?
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2025/03/12/wayne-mapp-protecting-our-future/
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- Category : Defence
Severe weather events have the New Zealand Defence Force carrying out exercises in a forest near Bulls to prepare medics for real-life scenarios in disaster relief operations.
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Read more: NZDF prepares medics for disaster relief amid severe weather events
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/lower-north-island/nzdf-exercises-in-bulls-to-ready-medics-for-extreme-weather-events/
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