Category : Opinion
Author: Jon Johansson

OPINION: In 2009, when at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., I attended a guest lecture about China’s nascent foothold in Antarctica, with images of its first ramshackle base. A bunch of badly attired scientists huddled outside their shack. Compared to our well-established Scott Base, it looked like amateur hour. Thirteen years on, China has five bases on the ice.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/300555912/solomons-china-deal-a-wakeup-call-to-inward-looking-new-zealand
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Category : News
Author: Grace Prior

Experts say New Zealand’s Defence Force is “not yet in a fit state” to face current threats as military spending has been allocated to the wrong places.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300555037/defence-force-not-yet-in-a-fit-state-to-face-cyber-and-maritime-threats--expert
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 Oh Peeni Henare... you have no clue what so ever do you no clue... get your head out of the sand and out of your own arse and face the reality of the situation. You are turning out to be the worst Defence Minister New Zealand has ever had... and that is saying something

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Category : News
Author: David Feeney

The war in Ukraine has several features with which we in Australia are already familiar. The Ukrainian state has dominated the information war in our news cycles and social media. We have seen images of smashed Russian truck convoys, Ukrainian farmers towing off Russian armoured vehicles and air defence systems, and Russian tanks being destroyed in great numbers by Ukrainian artillery, armed drones and infantry wielding lethal, mobile anti-tank guided-missile systems such as the Javelin and NLAW (next-generation light anti-tank weapon).

Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-russo-ukrainian-wars-lessons-for-the-australian-army/
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Category : News
Author: Matt Burrows
Category : News
Author: 1News

New Zealand is giving a further $6 million to support humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan in the hopes of preventing famine.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/01/6-million-more-given-for-afghanistans-humanitarian-crisis/
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Author: Lorne Cook, Samuel Petrequin, Ken Moritsugu

China has renewed its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia, as top European Union officials seek assurances from Beijing that it would not help Moscow circumvent the economic measures imposed in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300556554/ukraine-china-rejects-sanctions-against-russia-as-war-tops-summit-agenda
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Author: Nebi Qena Yuras Karmanau

Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed on Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol broke down and Russia accused the Ukrainians of launching a cross-border helicopter attack on an oil depot.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300556574/ukraine-strike-on-russian-territory-reported-as-talks-resume
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 Well what the hell did Russia think Ukraine would do... That Ukraine will not go on the offensive?

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Author: Niamh Cavanagh

Moscow accused Ukraine of sending two helicopters to strike a fuel storage depot in the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday. If confirmed, this would be the first attack on Russian soil since the war began on Feb. 24.

Article: https://news.yahoo.com/moscow-accuses-ukraine-of-conducting-airstrike-inside-russia-132343782.html
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