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The booming of shells and the rat-tat-tat of machine guns and small arms signify a busy time over the tussock hills of the NZ Army’s Waiouru training area below Mt Ruapehu.
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Read more: Waiouru exercises important in 'volatile, uncertain and complex world'
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/nz-army-exercises-helps-prepare-soldiers-for-the-worst/
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New Zealand soldiers are taking part in a major warfighting exercise simulating a conflict between allied and enemy forces in a fictional Asia-Pacific area.
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- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524913/soldiers-join-major-warfighting-exercise-simulating-conflict-in-fictional-asia-pacific-area
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In a transformative step for New Zealand’s tactical airlift capabilities, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered the first of five C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the New Zealand Ministry of Defence and New Zealand Defence Force. This significant milestone was celebrated during a ceremony held at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Marietta, Georgia, on August 8, 2024. This delivery marks a pivotal upgrade for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), which has relied on its C-130H fleet for nearly six decades.
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Read more: Lockheed Martin unveils next-generation C-130J Super Hercules for New Zealand
- Article: https://www.airdatanews.com/new-zealand-takes-delivery-of-first-c-130j-hercules/
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Read more: New Zealand takes delivery of first C-130J Hercules
- Article: https://www.airdatanews.com/new-zealand-takes-delivery-of-first-c-130j-hercules/
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- Category : Defence
New Zealand has quietly signed up to help the United States in its new strategy to expand the weapons-making defence industrial base across the Indo-Pacific region.
The government endorsed a 'Statement of Principles for Indo-Pacific Defense Industrial Base Collaboration' in June.
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Read more: NZ endorses US push to expand weapons-making defence industrial base
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524369/nz-endorses-us-push-to-expand-weapons-making-defence-industrial-base
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- Category : Analysis
- Australia, the US, Canada and the Philippines will hold a joint exercise in the South China Sea.
- The ABC understands the Australian Defence Force has sent a surveillance aircraft to join the exercise.
- The exercises are almost certain to draw an angry response from Beijing, which claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea as its own territory.
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Read more: Australia joins defence exercise in contested South China Sea
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/524449/australia-joins-defence-exercise-in-contested-south-china-sea
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- Category : Defence
New Zealand Army personnel from the Queen Alexandra’s Mounted Rifles (QAMR) were recently tested at an armoured troop-level fire and manoeuvre exercise at Waiouru. From providing accurate support fires to conducting assaults on simulated enemy positions, Exercise Hill 60 saw NZ Army troops successfully complete 24-hour live firing battle handling exercises in the Waiouru Military Training Area.
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Read more: New Zealand Army battles tough conditions during valuable armoured vehicle exercise
- Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/new-zealand-army-battles-tough-conditions-during-valuable-armoured-vehicle-exercise/
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- Category : Opinion
There can be little doubt that the soon to be released Defence Capability Plan will require substantial new expenditure over the next decade, writes Dr Wayne Mapp.
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Read more: Quantity, Capability, or Both: More investment in Navy needed
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2024/07/18/quantity-capability-investment-needed-in-defence/
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