Minister for Veterans Affairs Chris Penk left the Whakatāne Returned Services Association on Friday with a precious taonga burning a hole in his pocket.
Read more: Willie Apiata hands VC to minister in hope of veterans’ law change
But frigates, destroyers are seen as lacking, with Beijing’s warships expected in Australasia more often.
Read more: P-8a's worked overtime during nearby Chinese naval drills
The main fuss was the very limited notice of the live firing not that they sent ships...
The international system is rapidly changing. Not only are the superpowers now in a period of full blown strategic competition, but the global hegemon is undergoing a profound political evolution. With the re-election of Donald Trump, and the entrenchment of Trumpism within the American political landscape, the fundamental principles which have underpinned U.S. foreign policy are being seriously challenged.
Read more: CANZUK: A Great Power of the 21st Century?
Experts say a budget boost for our cash-strapped, underfunded, overspent defence force can’t come soon enough.
Read more: Our defence budget under scrutiny
I/We have been putting the defence budget under scrutiny for years. It has over the last 30 years been stripped, shrunk and made toothless over that time. Even when the DCP2019 came out it was a start but not enough to make a recovery. We have no strategic plan that both the left and right can agree on to continuously fund... and we are running out of time (I would say run out of time). Click here to read more
New Zealand is unable to do major servicing of its new maritime patrol and submarine-hunting planes so is sending the work to Australia.
Read more: Defence Force can't service Poseidon planes, sends them to Australia instead
I am pretty sure that was always the plan. Not quite sure what RNZ was trying to push on the issue. But the article does however highlight the crisis with personnel numbers.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says New Zealand is not attending a so-called Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris.
Read more: New Zealand not attending 'Coalition of the Willing' summit in Paris
As wake-up calls go, the alarms don’t get much louder.
Allies of the United States see the group chat between top US officials about a planned attack in Yemen that accidentally included a journalist as a jaw-dropping security breach which casts doubt on intelligence-sharing with Washington and the security of joint military operations.
Read more: US allies alarmed by leaked group chat about attack plans
Read more: Australia air force pilots also heard Chinese navy live-fire warning on radio
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