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On 7 May, Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds and Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price held a joint teleconference with New Zealand’s Minister of Defence, Ron Mark, to discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: Australia and New Zealand enhance defence co-operation against COVID-19
- Article: https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/6076-australia-and-new-zealand-enhance-defence-cooperation-against-covid-19
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If you’re willing to believe Defence Minister Ron Mark, our defence forces will be operating in future like a high-tech version of Oxfam. Yes, we’re going to be spending $20 billion on Defence in the years out until 2030, but allegedly… “Much of the spend has been driven by climate change,” Mark claimed with a straight face this week.
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Read more: Gordon Campbell on the war-fighting purposes of our massive spend-up on Defence
- Article: http://werewolf.co.nz/2019/06/gordon-campbell-on-the-war-fighting-purposes-of-our-massive-spend-up-on-defence/
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Look, the NZDF are excellent at shooting civilians, burning their homes, handing them over to known torture units, gaining intelligence from torture and then hiding and lying about all those abuses of power, but should we be cutting the NZDF budget to ‘help lift New Zealander’s well being’ because as the apocalypse in Australia has proven, you need a military to help in the immediacy of a civil defence emergency.
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Read more: Should we be cutting the NZDF budget right now?
- Article: Should we be cutting the NZDF budget right now Grant?
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Join our crew onboard HMNZS Wellington and go behind the scenes during gunnery training...
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- Article: Join our crew on board HMNZS Wellington and go behind the scenes during gunnery trainin
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The global military drone market is growing rapidly and as New Zealand looks to the future of its defense force we must ask ourselves if we see drone technology there. Public perception of UAVs is often negative and associated with issues like the war on terror and armed drone strikes. However, drones also have many meaningful uses, including search and rescue, maritime surveillance, humanitarian assistance and communications support.
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Read more: Should NZDF Opt For A Drone Based Future?
- Article: https://theowp.org/reports/should-nzdf-opt-for-a-drone-based-future/
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The DCP 2019 states it will be looking at drones to supplement the P-8A's and other surveillance aircraft. NZ EEZ and SAR areas are huge, and drones will help supplement any search as a cheaper option once up and running that a full flight P-8A.
They still have a human element involved with it's operation. They have longer loiter time and you can change pilots mid-flight. It also means, if in the time of conflict and drone is shot down there is no loss of life.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced that NUSHIP Supply, a new AOR (Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment) vessel for the Royal Australian Navy departed from the Ferrol shipyard to start initial sea trials.
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Read more: Navantia-Built AOR ‘Supply’ Starts Sea Trials In Spain
- Article: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/08/navantia-built-aor-supply-starts-sea-trials-in-spain/
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Members of the American military have arrived in Christchurch ahead of their deployment to Antarctica.
A C-17 plane – from McChord Air Force Base in the State of Washington – landed at Christchurch Airport on Friday morning, before the 30 personnel were transported to one of the city’s five quarantine hotels.
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Read more: US military in managed isolation in New Zealand ahead of Antarctica trip
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/122376826/us-military-in-managed-isolation-in-new-zealand-ahead-of-antarctica-trip
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Two soldiers were burned during a training exercise at Linton Military Camp on Thursday night.
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Read more: Soldiers burned in training exercise at Linton Military Camp
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/two-people-in-serious-condition-after-incident-at-linton-military-camp.html
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