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Hyundai Heavy Industries hosted a keel laying ceremony for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s future tanker HMZS Aotearoa at its shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, on August 13.
Aotearoa’s keel laying consisted of more than 500 tonnes of carefully constructed keel blocks being positioned together in the dry dock, where she will continue to expand upwards and outwards until her launch date early next year.
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Read more: HHI lays keel for New Zealand Navy tanker ‘Aotearoa’
- Article: https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/14/hhi-lays-keel-for-new-zealand-navy-tanker-aotearoa/
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The Defence Force will buy new maritime surveillance aircraft, with submarine hunting capability, worth $2.3 billion.
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Read more: Submarine-hunting planes to replace ageing Orions
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/105338789/submarinehunting-planes-to-replace-ageing-orions
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Canberra will be pleased and relieved that New Zealand has opted to buy Boeing’s P-8A aircraft, in order to meet its future requirements for maritime aerial intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and response. The P-8A, already operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), will replace New Zealand’s ageing P-3C fleet and enter service from 2023.
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Read more: New Zealand’s P-8 purchase: straddling the gap
- Article: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/new-zealands-p8-purchase-straddling-gap
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New Zealand has a habit of deferring major equipment purchases as along as possible, writes former Defence Minister Dr Wayne Mapp, and a decision on the ANZAC frigate replacement may be left to the next government.
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Read more: Clock ticking on defence procurement decisions
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2018/07/10/clock-ticking-defence-procurement-decisions/
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China has hit back at New Zealand over an official defence strategy paper, which named it as a threat.
Defence Minister Ron Mark's rebooted Strategic Defence Policy Statement, released on Friday, explicitly states the threat it believes China poses to the international community.
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Read more: China fires back at NZ, calls remarks on South China Sea and Pacific politics wrong
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/105387818/china-fires-back-at-nz-calls-remarks-on-south-china-sea-and-pacific-politics-wrong
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Read more: A Turning Point for New Zealand's Maritime Periphery
- Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/a-turning-point-for-new-zealands-maritime-periphery
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China has approached Vanuatu about building a permanent military presence in the South Pacific in a globally significant move that could see the rising superpower sail warships on Australia’s doorstep.
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Read more: China eyes Vanuatu military base in plan with global ramifications
- Article: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-eyes-vanuatu-military-base-in-plan-with-global-ramifications-20180409-p4z8j9.html
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Yesterday, I attended, along with my business partner, Hon Heather Roy, a symposium on New Zealand’s Maritime Security Environment hosted by the Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. As I’ve done in previous blog posts, I like to record my initial thoughts while still fresh and leave the way open to more detailed analysis in the future.
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- Article: https://unclas.com/2018/05/02/sea-blind/
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