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"We have no funding restrictions," Russia's President Vladimir Putin told a gathering of military top brass in December. "The country, the government will provide whatever the army asks for." Eighteen months into his war in Ukraine, Putin seems to be keeping that promise.
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Read more: Ukraine invasion analysis: Spiraling cost of war means growing economic pain for Russia
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukraine-invasion-analysis-spiraling-cost-of-war-means-growing-economic-pain-for-russia.html
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Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases that house supersonic warplanes deep inside enemy territory.
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Read more: Ukrainian strikes reportedly hit Russian bases housing supersonic warplanes
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/08/ukrainian-strikes-reportedly-hit-russian-bases-housing-supersonic-warplanes.html
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Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defence system
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Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin's forces launching another bombardment of Ukrainian grain storage depots in what have recently become signature tactics in the almost 18-month war.
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will officially retire the first of its Lockheed C-130H Hercules tactical transport aircraft this week.
Located at Base Auckland the RNZAF’s No. 40 Squadron, which operates a fleet of five C-130H aircraft, will hold a ceremony to mark to occasion on 12 February and a Squadron retirement function in the hangar the day before.
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Read more: End of an era: RNZAF retires first C-130H
- Article: https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/air/end-of-an-era-rnzaf-retires-first-c-130h
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Rocket Lab is having a pretty good year with a rising stock price and reaching a monthly launch cadence with its Electron vehicle for the first time. But as ever in the space business, the focus is not so much on what a company has done but what it will do. And for Rocket Lab, its future in the launch business lies with the medium-lift Neutron vehicle.
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Read more: Peter Beck pushes toward a Neutron debut in 2024, but acknowledges challenges
- Article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/rocket-lab-pivoting-to-downrange-neutron-landings-to-meet-customer-demand/
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The Royal New Zealand Navy’s maritime sustainment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa, has sailed today from Auckland bound for South East Asia to participate in the Five Power Defence Arrangements Exercise Bersama Lima in Malaysia, alongside frigate HMNZS Te Mana.
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Read more: NZ Navy to participate in major South East Asia exercise
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/nz-navy-to-participate-in-major-south-east-asia-exercise/
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Two Indian naval vessels are set to visit ports in New Zealand later this month on a four-day resupply stop.
The visit is the first by Indian naval vessels since 2016, when INS Sumitra visited Auckland as part of the International Naval Review.
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Read more: New Zealand to host first Indian naval vessels since 2016
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/496072/new-zealand-to-host-first-indian-naval-vessels-since-2016
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China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a "serious warning" to separatist forces in an angry but widely expected response to Vice President William Lai's visit to the United States, drawing condemnation from Taipei.
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Read more: China launches drills around Taiwan in angry response to VP's US trip
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/496166/china-launches-drills-around-taiwan-in-angry-response-to-vp-s-us-trip
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