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AT RIMPAC 2016 TE KAHA tested its live firing combat capabilities. During a live firing SINKEX (Sink Exercise) TE KAHA got its turn to attack a decommissioned US ship, giving the crew a chance to launch a Sea Sparrow missile against the ship.
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Read more: HMNZS TE KAHA Goes Live
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sNOBGJmXlE
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Browning .50 calibre machine gun shoot at dusk and night aboard a New Zealand Warship HMNZS Te Mana
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Read more: .50 calibre machine gun shoot at dusk
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The key foreign policy test for the New Zealand government during the next two years, writes former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp, is whether New Zealand can maintain the balance of its relationships with China and the United States.
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Read more: New Zealand’s China Challenge
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2019/02/20/china-challenge/
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According to Ross Browne, Director of Triplex Consulting and a former commercial advisor to the NZDF, Defence needs to dramatically simplify its operating model. Commercialising some suitable non-tactical capabilities, he writes, offers the chance to do just that.
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Read more: ‘Fee for capability’ the way to fly for RNZAF?
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2018/11/10/fee-for-capability/
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The School of Artillery has been out in Waiouru for Exercise Hellfire, which is designed to test the skills of our people who are on either the Young Officer course, Command Systems Sergeants course or the Targeting Bombardiers course. 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery were there supporting the live fire phase of the exercise with the L119 Light Gun and the 81mm Mortar. Check out what they got up to.
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Boeing P-8A vs Kawasaki P-1: The comparison of modern MPAs
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Read more: Was the P8A Poseidon the right or only choice?
- Article: https://battle-machines.org/2015/12/06/boeing-p-8a-vs-kawasaki-p-1-the-comparison-of-modern-mpas/
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Wellington Railway Station has been evacuated after a "possible threat".
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Read more: Wellington Railway Station evacuated after 'possible threat'
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/116516148/wellington-railway-station-evacuated-after-possible-threat
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Here are some various photos of the Royal New Zealand Navy's largest ship, HMNZS Aotearoa.
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Read more: Photo's of HMNZS Aotearoa
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