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Author: Lee Berthiaume

Irving is slated to build five more such vessels for the navy and two for the Canadian Coast Guard in the next few years. 

The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades.

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Article: https://nationalpost.com/news/navy-enters-new-era-by-welcoming-long-awaited-arctic-warship-into-fleet
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 The design would make a great SOPV for the RNZN under the DCP 2019

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Author: Richard Harman

New Zealand faces potential retaliation for its stance on Taiwan and the World Health Organisation whichever way it turns. The problem is that New Zealand has waded into the middle of a super-power showdown and shows no signs of backing off. One way or another, we are likely to lose.

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Article: https://www.politik.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/China-MFA-1068x712.jpg
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Category: Defence
Author: RNZ

The former Minister of Defence has admitted he "completely forgot" about a report which stated civilian casualties were possible during Operation Burnham.

The Burnham Inquiry, led by Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer, has found a child was killed during the operation in Afghanistan and at least seven men also died - three of whom have been identified as insurgents.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/operation-burnham-former-minister-wayne-mapp-forgot-about-civilian-casualties.html
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Defence Minister Ron Mark has fleshed out more details from the Defence Capability Plan.   These include the government’s approval of spending $56.8m on the Operational and Regulatory Aviation Compliance project from within internal departmental depreciation funding.

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Article: https://pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/theres-much-more-to-the-govts-defence-capability-plan-than-the-1bn-purchase-of-c-130j-hercules/
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 An older article... Also Where it says only "The only other users are the Egyptian and Polish navies." have the SH2G Seasprites... is technically now wrong as considering we sold our old SeaSprites to Peru. So current users are;

  • Egypt
  • New Zealand
  • Poland
  • Peru

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Author: Ellen Nakashima, Rachel Lerman & Jeanne Whalen

US President Donald Trump said late Friday (Saturday NZT) he plans to ban Chinese-owned TikTok from operating in the United States, the latest sign of the administration's increasingly strident stance on China and its tech companies.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/300071788/donald-trump-to-bar-chineseowned-tiktok-from-operating-in-the-united-states
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Author: Jamie Ensor

Peters told Newshub Nation on Saturday that New Zealand wanted the Middle Kingdom to uphold its commitment to the 'one country, two systems' principle it set out when Hong Kong was transferred to China in 1997. 

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/08/suspension-of-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-not-interference-from-new-zealand-winston-peters.html
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Author: Roberto Rabel

Roberto Rabel recently attended the 11th South China Sea International Conference ‘Cooperation for Regional Security and Development’ in Hanoi, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

What happens in the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea matters to New Zealand because this strategically located maritime zone involves some of our most vital trade routes and commercial activities.

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Article: https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion/the-new-normal-in-the-south-china-sea/
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Author: Dan Satherley

New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab is confident it's figured out what caused its last launch to fail.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/rocket-lab-figures-out-what-caused-its-last-mission-to-fail.html
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  1. How to stop Chinese takeover of South China Sea
  2. Report of the inquiry into Operation Burnham released
  3. Defence misled public over NZ Afghan raid
  4. Trump floats delaying US elections, but it won't happen

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