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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s military will receive about NZ$5.3 billion (U.S. $3.3 billion) under the country’s 2023/2024 defense budget, unveiled May 18.
Read more: New Zealand unveils defense budget, with Army in the lead
Talk of the entire NZDF maritime helicopter fleet being grounded appears to be incorrect according to flight data released to me under the Official Information Act.
Read more: RNZN Seasprite Helicopters
A recently published Fortinet whitepaper highlights the need to protect New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from “grey zone” threats as global tensions heighten and a new Cold War sets in.
Read more: Protecting New Zealand’s critical infrastructure from attack
According to information published by Stuff on June 18, 2023, the Anzac class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha was confronted by two Chinese PLA Navy frigates in the disputed Spratly Islands. Two vessels, along with a helicopter and four other vessels, approached the 3500-tonne New Zealand frigate within 463 meters.
Read more: China Navy's confronts New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha in Spratly Islands
Stuff says HMNZS Te Mana not HMNZS Te Kaha. Read here.
New Zealand and Fiji have signed a defence agreement to strengthen military training and maritime security, that comes amid rising tensions over security in the region.
Read more: New Zealand and Fiji strike defence deal amid rising Pacific tensions
Under Plan ANZAC, signed between the New Zealand Army and Australian Army in April, the two forces will become more closely integrated than before.
Read more: Australia to assist NZ Army recovery under Plan ANZAC
A New Zealand frigate was confronted in a sensitive part of the South China Sea by Chinese navy warships demanding details of its passage, a Stuff Circuit investigation has revealed.
Read more: NZ frigate confronted by Chinese navy in South China Seas, investigation reveals
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.
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