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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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With the growing assertions by the Chinese government across the eastern Pacific including in Hong Kong and our own repudiation of an extradition treaty, there are now calls to expand the Five Eyes intelligence network to include Japan.
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- Article: https://thestandard.org.nz/expand-five-eyes/
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The EU is looking more toothless than ever before. Meanwhile, the USA has been hit by a worrying crisis which may cripple it for years. The western world is facing major hurdles. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Meet CANZUK. A theoretical union between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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Read more: CANZUK - An upcoming superpower?
- Article: https://www.worldmilitarydatabase.com/post/canzuk-an-upcoming-superpower
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It will be a very different RIMPAC for the Kiwis this year, with no on-shore exercises or contact with foreign troops. The crew of the HMZNS Manawanui were not going to let a global pandemic stop them participating in the world's largest maritime war games.
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Read more: Navy ship on way to controversial Covid-era war games in Hawaii
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300070680/coronavirus-navy-ship-on-way-to-controversial-covidera-war-games-in-hawaii
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Irving is slated to build five more such vessels for the navy and two for the Canadian Coast Guard in the next few years.
The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades.
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Read more: HMCS Harry deWolf: Navy welcomes long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
- Article: https://nationalpost.com/news/navy-enters-new-era-by-welcoming-long-awaited-arctic-warship-into-fleet
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The design would make a great SOPV for the RNZN under the DCP 2019
The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham.
The Burnham Inquiry, led by Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer, has found a child was killed during the operation in Afghanistan and at least seven men also died - three of whom have been identified as insurgents.
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Read more: Operation Burnham: Former Minister Wayne Mapp 'forgot' about civilian casualties
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/operation-burnham-former-minister-wayne-mapp-forgot-about-civilian-casualties.html
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Defence Minister Ron Mark has fleshed out more details from the Defence Capability Plan. These include the government’s approval of spending $56.8m on the Operational and Regulatory Aviation Compliance project from within internal departmental depreciation funding.
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- Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/theres-much-more-to-the-govts-defence-capability-plan-than-the-1bn-purchase-of-c-130j-hercules/
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An older article... Also Where it says only "The only other users are the Egyptian and Polish navies." have the SH2G Seasprites... is technically now wrong as considering we sold our old SeaSprites to Peru. So current users are;
- Egypt
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Peru
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