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Irving is slated to build five more such vessels for the navy and two for the Canadian Coast Guard in the next few years.
The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades.
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Read more: HMCS Harry deWolf: Navy welcomes long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
- Article: https://nationalpost.com/news/navy-enters-new-era-by-welcoming-long-awaited-arctic-warship-into-fleet
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The design would make a great SOPV for the RNZN under the DCP 2019
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New Zealand faces potential retaliation for its stance on Taiwan and the World Health Organisation whichever way it turns. The problem is that New Zealand has waded into the middle of a super-power showdown and shows no signs of backing off. One way or another, we are likely to lose.
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Read more: NZ getting squeezed over Taiwan
- Article: https://www.politik.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/China-MFA-1068x712.jpg
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The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham.
The Burnham Inquiry, led by Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer, has found a child was killed during the operation in Afghanistan and at least seven men also died - three of whom have been identified as insurgents.
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Read more: Operation Burnham: Former Minister Wayne Mapp 'forgot' about civilian casualties
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/operation-burnham-former-minister-wayne-mapp-forgot-about-civilian-casualties.html
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Defence Minister Ron Mark has fleshed out more details from the Defence Capability Plan. These include the government’s approval of spending $56.8m on the Operational and Regulatory Aviation Compliance project from within internal departmental depreciation funding.
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- Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/theres-much-more-to-the-govts-defence-capability-plan-than-the-1bn-purchase-of-c-130j-hercules/
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An older article... Also Where it says only "The only other users are the Egyptian and Polish navies." have the SH2G Seasprites... is technically now wrong as considering we sold our old SeaSprites to Peru. So current users are;
- Egypt
- New Zealand
- Poland
- Peru
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US President Donald Trump said late Friday (Saturday NZT) he plans to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the United States, the latest sign of the administration's increasingly strident stance on China and its tech companies.
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Read more: Donald Trump to bar Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the United States
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/300071788/donald-trump-to-bar-chineseowned-tiktok-from-operating-in-the-united-states
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Peters told Newshub Nation on Saturday that New Zealand wanted the Middle Kingdom to uphold its commitment to the 'one country, two systems' principle it set out when Hong Kong was transferred to China in 1997.
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Read more: CHINA Suspension of Hong Kong extradition treaty not interference from New Zealand
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/suspension-of-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-not-interference-from-new-zealand-winston-peters.html
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Roberto Rabel recently attended the 11th South China Sea International Conference ‘Cooperation for Regional Security and Development’ in Hanoi, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.
What happens in the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea matters to New Zealand because this strategically located maritime zone involves some of our most vital trade routes and commercial activities.
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Read more: The ‘new normal’ in the South China Sea
- Article: https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion/the-new-normal-in-the-south-china-sea/
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New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab is confident it's figured out what caused its last launch to fail.
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Read more: Rocket Lab figures out what caused its last mission to fail
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/rocket-lab-figures-out-what-caused-its-last-mission-to-fail.html
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