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Around 300 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel are returning home after participating in the largest-ever iteration of Exercise Talisman Sabre, which ran in Queensland from late July to early August and involved around 30,000 military personnel from 13 countries.
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Read more: Talisman Sabre hones NZDF's readiness for combat
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/talisman-sabre-hones-nzdfs-readiness-for-combat/
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New Zealand's Defence Force will ramp up its readiness for combat, taking a more "proactive and purposeful" approach as part of a new government strategy.
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Read more: Changing global tensions prompt New Zealand to ramp up security and defence resources
- Article: https://pacificmedianetwork.com/articles/changing-global-tensions-prompt-new-zealand-to-ramp-up-security-and-defence-resources
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The most important security issue currently facing New Zealand is working out our role with AUKUS. New Zealand’s most important security partners, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have hugely upgraded their mutual security through the AUKUS partnership.
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Read more: AUKUS raises credibility questions for New Zealand’s naval power
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2023/07/24/aukus-raises-naval-power-credibility-questions/
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The Australian Defence Strategic Review (DSR) published 24 April 2023 has significant implications for New Zealand’s defence investment choices. I’ll let those more qualified to comment reflect on the geo-political issues; in this article I’ll address the potential implications of the DSR for the next generation of New Zealand naval capability.
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- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2023/06/23/australian-defence-strategic-review-and-new-zealand/
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Ukraine said Russia bombed a blood transfusion centre near the front line in a wave of air strikes overnight while Moscow reported that it had shot down a drone heading to the capital on Sunday in the third such attack in a week.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukraine-invasion-president-volodymyr-zelenskiy-slams-russia-for-bombing-blood-transfusion-centre-calls-it-war-crime.html
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A Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in 24 hours, both sides said on Saturday.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukraine-invasion-kyiv-hits-russian-tanker-twice-in-24-hours-with-sea-drone-near-crimea-bridge.html
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The Government has released the first two documents of the Defence Policy Review and New Zealand’s first National Security Strategy.
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Read more: Roadmap for future of defence and national security released
- Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/roadmap-for-future-of-defence-and-national-security-released
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The Government plans to rebuild the country's struggling Defence Force into a combat-capable military, better equipped to project itself into the Pacific and "act earlier to prevent threats".
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Read more: Defence Force needs to become combat-ready as security threats worsen, Government says
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132678491/defence-force-needs-to-become-combatready-as-security-threats-worsen-government-says
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