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The scope of the cooperation may extend beyond North Korea’s ballistic missiles. The five-country anglophone intelligence-sharing arrangement known as “Five Eyes” is collaborating with outside partners France, Japan, and South Korea to better understand North Korea’s military activities, a Kyodo News report noted on Sunday.
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Read more: ‘Five Eyes’ Countries Eye Expanded Cooperation Amid North Korea Challenges
- Article: https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/five-eyes-countries-eye-expanded-cooperation-amid-north-korea-challenges/
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“A contract for Canada to upgrade two New Zealand frigates illustrates a budding, mutually-beneficial, Pacific-focused relationship,” according to Melbourne-based political analyst Grant Wyeth reporting for Washington D.C.-based online international news magazine, The Diplomat.
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Read more: New Zealand’s Role in Canada’s Pacific Shift
- Article: https://www.nzedge.com/news/new-zealands-role-canadas-pacific-shift/
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So you want to know how a sonobouy is deployed and works...
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Read more: P3 Sonobuoy Deployment
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eidMDdMK38s
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You don’t want your retirement savings invested in nuclear bombs, sure. But what about conventional defence equipment that’s also used for essential civilian purposes?
This month’s assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and the Australian navy’s evacuation of people escaping bushfires are two very different events, but they highlight the dilemma faced by KiwiSavers wanting to invest ethically. When does putting your retirement savings into a weapons manufacturer cross the line between acceptable and unacceptable?
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Read more: Tanks, torpedoes and tasers: Why weapons are a conundrum for KiwiSavers
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/24-01-2020/tanks-tridents-and-torpedoes-why-weapons-are-a-conundrum-for-kiwisavers/
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The NZDF, Navy Army and Air Force regularly help in disasters from Search and rescue, cyclon and earthquake recovery, Kaikoura earthquake was a good example where the warships came to help, supplying food, clean water, and boots on the ground. But they can also defend the nation if needed.
The Defence Force is battling to find a buyer for 30 unwanted armoured vehicles which cost about $186 million.
It is another chapter in the long running saga of one of the army's most expensive, and most controversial, purchases.
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Read more: Defence Force struggling to find a buyer for 30 unwanted armoured vehicles
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119010120/defence-force-struggling-to-find-a-buyer-for-30-unwanted-armoured-vehicles
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Ron Mark meets United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in Washington DC.
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Read more: Ron Mark meets United States Secretary of Defense
- Article: https://www.facebook.com/RonMarkMP
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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday hosted Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Rear Adm. David Proctor, at the Pentagon for a meeting, Jan. 23.
The leaders discussed opportunities for greater mutual support in advancing the two nations’ shared values, goals, and security interests, particularly, in the area of maritime domain awareness.
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Read more: CNO Meets with Chief of Royal New Zealand Navy, Advances Partnership
- Article: https://www.navy.mil/view_imagex.asp?id=305095&t=1
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A soldier charged with sharing military information that threatened New Zealand's security was leading a growing white nationalist movement.
The 27-year-old soldier, who has name suppression, was arrested in December at Linton Military Camp in circumstances that were shrouded in secrecy.
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Read more: Soldier alleged to have traded military information was leader of white nationalist group
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118952222/soldier-alleged-to-have-traded-military-information-was-leader-of-white-nationalist-group
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