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I have thought about this over and over and have changed my mind many times at what I think the future Royal New Zealand Navy should consist of. I have seen other articles that consist of submarines and various other equipment that while New Zealand can technically afford them, there is more to it that just saying we need to have submarines.
One of the issues we have is that the various New Zealand Governments have not had a clear focus on what they want the entire defence force to do... Yes defend the country and our interests. But what does that actually entail. And until we know that you can not design a defence force to defend it.
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Royal New Zealand Navy warship HMNZS Aotearoa made a port visit to Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales, on 13 March 2021. Aotearoa has been exercising off the east coast of Australia to test her capabilities in international waters. This has included Replenishment at Sea (RAS) exercises with Royal Australian Navy guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart and frigate HMAS Stuart. The RAS training was a chance to strengthen relationships between the two neighbouring countries and has showcased Navy's interoperability at sea with its counterparts.
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Read more: HMNZS Aotearoa berthed alongside Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Our crew from HMNZS Canterbury have taken to the remote Raoul Island with MetService New Zealand, GNS Science staff and Department of Conservation - contracted electricians to carry out essential tasks including maintenance of critical weather and natural hazard monitoring equipment.
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Read more: HMNZS Canterbury at Raoul Island
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will be bringing Exercise Skytrain to Wanaka and the surrounding regions from 15 – 26 March 2021.
Exercise Skytrain is a C-130 Hercules training activity used by No. 40 Squadron to consolidate skills learnt at Base Auckland. The exercise provides crews with a range of flying training including over unfamiliar and challenging terrain, coordinating pallet drops into drop zones and landing the aircraft on runways different to those in Auckland.
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Read more: Air Force bringing Exercise to Wanaka
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he Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Canterbury has left for Raoul Island with MetService and GNS Science staff aboard to carry out essential tasks, including maintenance of critical weather and tsunami warning systems.
Maritime Component Commander Commodore Mat Williams said the re-supply mission, which left on Monday, was delayed a week and scaled back after Auckland went into COVID-19 alert level three.
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Read more: Essential tasks Raoul radar for HMNZS Canterbury
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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to see what the jetpack technology is capable of doing and how it can be applied by the military, particularly special forces units.
In a solicitation posted on the government contracting site, the agency said it was interested in seeing how soldiers can benefit from what it referred to as “portable personal air mobility systems.”
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Read more: DARPA looking into jetpack tech for military use
- Article: https://defbrief.com/2021/03/06/darpa-looking-into-jetpack-tech-for-military-use/
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The crew of HMAS Hobart used a replenishment-at-sea exercise to pass gifts to the crew of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest ship, HMNZS Aotearoa, in a show of camaraderie.
Navy’s guided missile destroyer rendezvoused with Aotearoa off the coast of Sydney on March 1.
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Read more: Tim Tams cap off exercise with NZ ship
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Australia's top military officer has come under fire for suggesting first-year cadets be less attractive and avoid going out after midnight if they want to avoid being sexually assaulted.
The Canberra Times reports Defence chief Angus Campbell told officers in training to avoid "the four A's" - alcohol, out after midnight, alone and attractive.
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Dafug...? I mean What the fuck actual...
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