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New Zealand's elite SAS soldiers have received a multi-million dollar fleet of new special operations vehicles, although just how many remains top secret.
The rugged high-tech cross-country Special Operations Vehicles – Mobility Heavy (SOV-MH) have been delivered by British vehicle specialists Supacat and will roll into service over the coming months.
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Read more: NZ's elite SAS soldiers get rugged new army vehicles
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzs-elite-sas-soldiers-get-rugged-new-army-vehicles/4JUKDQGH6DWBP3D4IJG4IIHLDM/
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Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract to provide a complete communications system on board the Royal New Zealand Navy’s future fleet replenishment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa.
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Read more: New Zealand Navy Chooses Saab TactiCall for Future Communications Solution
Last month a combined force from five allied nations, including a fleet of 33 warships and submarines, over 200 aircraft and more than 33,000 military personnel, defeated an ‘enemy force’ in 20 locations across northern Australia.
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Read more: Australia, US and NZ military co-operation augurs well
- Article: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-us-and-nz-military-co-operation-augurs-well
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American mass communication specialist Cole Schroeder of the supercarrier USS Nimitz was recently granted the opportunity “to view life on the ocean from a New Zealander’s perspective,” boarding the Royal New Zealand Anzac-class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha.
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Read more: US Sailor Amazed Onboard NZ Navy Frigate
- Article: https://hanfordsentinel.com/lemoorenavynews/columns/an-exchange-of-perspective/article_e674bb98-67aa-56ac-a891-0d22c88d4ff3.html
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In every crisis lies opportunity, so the saying goes. The collision of the guided missile destroyer (DDG) USS Fitzgerald with a Philippines-registered cargo ship, near Japan on 17 June, was a human tragedy, killing seven US sailors in circumstances that defy easy explanation, but which underline the hazards of everyday seamanship in the era of automation.
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Read more: A silver fern lining to Fitzgerald collision
- Article: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/silver-fern-lining-fitzgerald-collision
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Pacific state turns back to neighbor after cosying up with China, Russia
AUCKLAND -- A New Zealand naval ship will be deployed to Fiji for six months in May to help local forces patrol the 1.3 million square kilometer exclusive economic zone that has been plagued by illegal fishing and drug trafficking.
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Read more: Fiji enlists New Zealand navy to help patrol seas
- Article: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Fiji-enlists-New-Zealand-navy-to-help-patrol-seas2
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A Royal New Zealand Navy sailor has apologised for the shame he caused after drinking 24 beers and allegedly breaking into a US Navy house while stationed at Pearl Harbour.
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Read more: Kiwi sailor facing court martial denies breaking into US Navy house in Pearl Harbour
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11752736
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