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Author: Michael Daly

Australia announced early Wednesday that it will work with the US and UK, through the AUKUS defence pact, to develop hypersonic missiles.

The AUKUS countries will also work together to develop missile defence systems and radars that can take out an enemy’s hypersonic missiles.

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Author: Jamie Ensor

The Foreign Affairs Minister will represent New Zealand virtually at a NATO meeting this week as more horrific images emerge revealing atrocities in Ukraine.

NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - is a military alliance established after World War II. It cooperates with nine "partners across the globe" on individual events and conflicts but doesn't regularly invite representatives from outside countries to their meetings.

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Author: Thomas Coughlan

National supports the idea of New Zealand lifting its level of defence spending, possibly to a level of 2 per cent of GDP, the level regarded as something of an international benchmark.

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Author: John Weekes

The Defence Minister asked his colleagues to send Javelin anti-tank missiles to help Ukraine but the Cabinet has so far declined. 

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Author: Jade Macmillan and Andrew Greene

A top American admiral has criticised a potential security pact between China and Solomon Islands, describing it as a "secret" arrangement worrying the US and its partners.

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Author: Thomas Manch

At a January meeting between a Chinese general and New Zealand’s defence secretary, there was one Pacific issue that New Zealand wanted to speak about in detail – the Solomon Islands.

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Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region in the next few weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday (local time), adding that allies had time to help prepare the Ukrainian military.

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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand has joined other countries in seeking reassurance from China that parents will be able to stay with their children during COVID isolation periods amid reports young kids are being made to isolate away from their families. 

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