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Boeing P-8A Poseidon martime patrol aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) are starting to have an impact regionally, including a long-range mission to locate a lost fishing boat.
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Read more: RNZAF P-8As get up to speed on search missions, patrol work
- Article: https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/rnzaf-p-8as-get-up-to-speed-on-search-missions-patrol-work/155366.article
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Whoever wins New Zealand’s election on Saturday is going to have to make some difficult decisions on investment and staffing for a defence force struggling with aging equipment and personnel shortages.
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Read more: New Zealand election winner will face defence spending decisions
- Article: https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/news/new-zealand-election-winner-will-face-defence-spending-decisions-100900325/
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is currently unable to maintain the level of rescue fire services that are required to support the arrival of large passenger aircraft around the clock due to a national shortage of qualified personnel and very limited training options.
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- Article: https://www.currenttrends.news/2023/10/rnzaf-working-to-expand-rescue-fire.html
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US President Joe Biden has given Israel the green light to go ahead and send its army into Gaza.
Biden told the world the US would have Israel's back as it dealt with Hamas, which he described as "butchers" who'd carried out "acts of sheer evil".
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Read more: US President Joe Biden gives Israel green light to send army into Gaza
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/10/us-president-joe-biden-gives-israel-green-light-to-send-army-into-gaza.html
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New Zealand is hedging over a new US strategy to unleash thousands of battlefield drones to counter China, dubbed "hellscape" and "replicator".
The US has also begun experiments with swarms of drones with Australia and the UK in the AUKUS military alliance.
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Read more: New Zealand faces dilemma over AUKUS 'replicator' drone swarm plans
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/497515/new-zealand-faces-dilemma-over-aukus-replicator-drone-swarm-plans
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said New Zealand "condemns unequivocally" Hamas' terror attacks after the Palestinian group rampaged through Israeli towns.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/10/nanaia-mahuta-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-violence-as-hundreds-killed-in-israel-hamas-conflict.html
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his position that Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a "special military operation" to try to stop it.
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Read more: Vladimir Putin claims Russia didn't start war, again
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/10/ukraine-invasion-vladimir-putin-claims-russia-didn-t-start-war-again.html
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The 2023 Defence Policy of the NONE OF THE ABOVE PARTY (NOTA) (not a real political party!)
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Read more: A New Model Defence Force
- Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/a-new-model-defence-force/
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Please note that this is just the writers idea or proposal and not an actual policy or anything.
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