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A retired Orion has been pulled apart at Marlborough’s Base Woodbourne and will make its way to the Air Force Museum in Christchurch.
On Tuesday Airbus staff removed the fuselage and wings from the Lockheed P-3K2 Orion NZ4203, ready for transport to Wigram where it will be on public display.
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Read more: End of an era: Air force Orion takes a road trip from Woodbourne to Wigram
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/132874960/end-of-an-era-air-force-orion-takes-a-road-trip-from-woodbourne-to-wigram
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A campaign to have a soldier who died saving others on Mount Ruapehu recognised with New Zealand’s highest award for bravery has been denied by the prime minister.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300960550/pm-declines-request-to-upgrade-bravery-award-for-soldier-who-died-on-mt-ruapehu-helping-others
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The government has unveiled new legislation to tax multinational companies that provide digital services.
Minister of Finance Grant Robertson and Minister of Revenue Barbara Edmonds said the "increasing digitisation of commerce" internationally has left gaps in the tax base.
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Read more: Government unveils digital services tax aimed at multinationals
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/496826/government-unveils-digital-services-tax-aimed-at-multinationals
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"We have no funding restrictions," Russia's President Vladimir Putin told a gathering of military top brass in December. "The country, the government will provide whatever the army asks for." Eighteen months into his war in Ukraine, Putin seems to be keeping that promise.
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Read more: Ukraine invasion analysis: Spiraling cost of war means growing economic pain for Russia
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukraine-invasion-analysis-spiraling-cost-of-war-means-growing-economic-pain-for-russia.html
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Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases that house supersonic warplanes deep inside enemy territory.
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Read more: Ukrainian strikes reportedly hit Russian bases housing supersonic warplanes
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukrainian-strikes-reportedly-hit-russian-bases-housing-supersonic-warplanes.html
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Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defence system
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Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin's forces launching another bombardment of Ukrainian grain storage depots in what have recently become signature tactics in the almost 18-month war.
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will officially retire the first of its Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transport aircraft this week.
Located at Base Auckland the RNZAF’s No. 40 Squadron, which operates a fleet of five C-130H aircraft, will hold a ceremony to mark to occasion on 12 February and a Squadron retirement function in the hangar the day before.
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Read more: End of an era: RNZAF retires first C-130H
- Article: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/air/end-of-an-era-rnzaf-retires-first-c-130h
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Rocket Lab is having a pretty good year with a rising stock price and reaching a monthly launch cadence with its Electron vehicle for the first time. But as ever in the space business, the focus is not so much on what a company has done but what it will do. And for Rocket Lab, its future in the launch business lies with the medium-lift Neutron vehicle.
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Read more: Peter Beck pushes toward a Neutron debut in 2024, but acknowledges challenges
- Article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/rocket-lab-pivoting-to-downrange-neutron-landings-to-meet-customer-demand/
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