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So how could a naval task group with coalition frigates paired with a LHD perform a number of useful roles beyond warfighting or HADR, including support for operations? How could the LHD enhance those operations?
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Read more: Other LHD operations
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In 2010, Rod Lyon of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute wrote: “With the return of the more strategically-extroverted Kiwi, it is a good time for Australia and New Zealand to be putting more meat on the bones of their Closer Defence Relationship.” 1 Various areas of the “closer defence relations” between Australia and New Zealand are ripe for cooperative enhancement, but one of the most obvious is amphibious operations. Both nations have recognized that their amphibious forces provide a means to further jointness among national service branches, but the current international interest in amphibiosity means they are also a tool for effective engagement and for enhancing interoperability.
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Read more: Coming Full Circle - The Renaissance of Anzac Amphibiosity
- Article: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=nwc-review
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Kiwis are renowned for being flightless, but they may soon be equally well known for their agility in the water, based on the plethora of documents released by the New Zealand government on both the composition and tasks expected of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Read more: The New Zealand Defence Force’s expanding amphibious capability
- Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-new-zealand-defence-forces-expanding-amphibious-capability/
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A young sailor was caught dealing drugs at Devonport Naval Base after test cheating accusations attracted Military Police attention.
Drug-related text chatter dug up in a cellphone search led to Ordinary Weapon Technician Cadell Heney and a comrade being hauled before the Court Martial of New Zealand.
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Read more: Sailors drug dealing at Devonport Naval Base uncovered by test cheating inquiry
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/119567255/sailors-drug-dealing-at-devonport-naval-base-uncovered-by-test-cheating-inquiry
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Well, we all know about the Defence Capability Plan 2019 was released in June 2019, and now we now know that the NZDF wand and the NZG want another or 2nd sealift ship bigger and better than HMNZS Canterbury, with a proper "well dock", that can hold/hanger more aircraft, vehicles and troops, ie; a proper LDP even possibly a smaller LHD (but I doubt that) also to replace Canterbury around 2035 giving the Navy 2 LPD sealift fleet.
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Read more: A closer look at our Defence Force.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Maritime patrol and maritime surveillance aircraft are a vital tool in ensuring what is known as maritime domain awareness, and they serve as a complementary asset for navies and coast guards protecting their nation’s maritime interests.
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Rolling in the deep the Royal New Zealand Navy's newest ship Aotearoa is undergoing her final sea trials off the coast of South Korea in preparation for her sail to New Zealand. This allows the crew to get acquainted with their new ship and her capabilities and for the ship to show what she’s got.
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- Article: https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/photos/a.390631373008/10159428240993009/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
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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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