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New Zealand has joined a project to accelerate artificial intelligence warfighting capabilities that the United States calls "pivotal" and the "foundation" to winning battles.
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Read more: New Zealand joins US project to accelerate AI warfighting
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The United States’ new Ambassador to New Zealand wants to see his country’s aircraft carriers sailing into Auckland waters, though he acknowledged our long-standing policy to refuse entry to nuclear-powered ships.
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A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon plane has launched Harpoon missiles for the first time, in a major international exercise near Guam.
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Read more: NZ Air Force fires Harpoon missiles for first time in major military exercise
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361000607/watch-kiwi-crew-launch-harpoon-guided-missiles-air-force-p8-poseidon-striking-target-ship
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The New Zealand and United States militaries have signed a "statement of intent" over space operations.
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Read more: NZ and US sign 'statement of intent' over military space operations
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/648419/nz-and-us-sign-statement-of-intent-over-military-space-operations
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A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon has launched Harpoon missiles for the first time during an international exercise near Guam.
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Read more: RNZAF P-8A Poseidon successfully launches Harpoon missiles
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/rnzaf-p-8a-poseidon-successfully-launches-harpoon-missiles/
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Analysis - As China's military expansion shakes up the Indo-Pacific region's security order, it is becoming harder to argue that distance offers a form of protection for New Zealand.
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Read more: Distance can no longer be NZ’s defence strategy. Could Japan be part of the answer?
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/643152/distance-can-no-longer-be-nz-s-defence-strategy-could-japan-be-part-of-the-answer
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New Zealand has joined a NATO programme for faster rocket launches in case satellites get damaged or attacked, as fears about war in space grow and as NASA warns its launchpads are deteriorating.
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Read more: STARLIFT draws in NZ as states seek rocket launchpads
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/618806/starlift-draws-in-nz-as-states-seek-rocket-launchpads
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New Zealand can’t expect the United States to ride to its rescue in a military conflict if it fails to spend “a reasonable amount” on its defence, a retired American general and former Trump administration official says.
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Read more: NZ needs ‘reasonable’ defence spend to earn US support
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- New Zealand joins US project to accelerate AI warfighting
- US Ambassador wants warships in NZ waters, jokes about using time machine to 'fix nuclear thing'
- NZ Air Force fires Harpoon missiles for first time in major military exercise
- NZ and US sign 'statement of intent' over military space operations
- RNZAF P-8A Poseidon successfully launches Harpoon missiles
- Distance can no longer be NZ’s defence strategy. Could Japan be part of the answer?
- STARLIFT draws in NZ as states seek rocket launchpads
- NZ needs ‘reasonable’ defence spend to earn US support
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