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The Coalition Government has confirmed five Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft will be purchased to replace the existing fleet, Defence Minister Ron Mark announced today.
“Last year, Cabinet selected these aircraft as the preferred option to replace the current Hercules fleet. Procurement of the Super Hercules has been my highest capability priority as Minister of Defence,” Ron Mark said.
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Read more: Five new Super Hercules to join Air Force fleet
- Article: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/five-new-super-hercules-join-air-force-fleet
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While Covid-19 has had an impact on the programme, work has continued throughout March and April on HMNZS TE KAHA and HMNZS TE MANA.
Both ships are in Victoria, British Columbia undergoing an extensive Frigate Systems Upgrade.
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The Government has introduced a bill that will allow it to issue takedown notices and create internet filters, with a focus on combatting terrorism and violent extremism, Marc Daalder reports
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Read more: New bill comes with online takedown powers
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/05/27/1203355/takedown-notices-and-internet-filters-in-new-bill
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"Despite staying on the sidelines during both World Wars and continuing to remain non-aligned in the Cold War, since the 1960s, Sweden has been seen as a mini-super power at least in terms of submarine warfare when the notoriously neutral Scandinavian nation modernized its fleet"
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Read more: Sweden AIP Submarines Are Even Stealthier Than Ever
- Article: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy-fears-them-sweden-aip-submarines-are-even-stealthier-ever-155971
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A new life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 has affected 230 children in Europe and killed two so far this year, a regional health body said, as medics worldwide were told to be on alert.
The Swedish-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in a risk report that two children had succumbed to the condition: one in Britain and one in France.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/05/coronavirus-docs-admit-knowing-very-little-about-new-covid-19-related-symptom-showing-up-in-children.html
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The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is receiving more than a billion dollars in funding after what the Defence Minister has called a "busy year".
The 2020 'Rebuilding Together' Budget has allocated a $1.77 billion boost to New Zealand's Navy, Army and Air Force so they can "continue to deliver".
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Read more: NZ Defence Force gets huge $1 billion cash injection in Budget
- Article: https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/nz-defence-force-gets-huge-dollar1-billion-cash-injection-in-budget/ar-BB143bfK
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The New Zealand debut of the Navy's brand new, purpose-built ship has been delayed by coronavirus.
HMNZS Aotearoa was originally set to be delivered in January 2020 when it was named three years ago before construction started in South Korea.
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Read more: Coronavirus delays NZ debut of Navy's largest ever ship
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300009494/coronavirus-delays-nz-debut-of-navys-largest-ever-ship
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China has issued a lengthy rebuttal of what it says are 24 "preposterous allegations" by some leading US politicians over its handling of the new coronavirus outbreak.
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Read more: China issues document disputing 'lies' by US politicians over COVID-19 handling
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/05/coronavirus-china-issues-document-disputing-lies-by-us-politicians-over-covid-19-handling.html
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