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The New Zealand Defence Force is one step closer to acquiring lethal drones, as a trial begins for an Australian-made loitering munition being battle tested in Ukraine.
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Read more: Kamikaze drones may soon be part of NZ’s arsenal
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/kamikaze-drones-may-soon-be-part-nz%E2%80%99s-arsenal
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Royal New Zealand Air Force No. 5 Squadron’s much-loved P-3K2 Orion aircraft put on a show in the skies over the North Island yesterday, before the fleet retires at the end of the month after more than 55 years of service.
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Read more: RNZAF farewells P-3K2 Orion fleet with formation flight after more than 55 years’ service
- Article: https://www.horizon.mt/2023/01/25/rnzaf-farewells-p-3k2-orion-fleet-with-formation-flight-after-more-than-55-years-service/
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A Navy sailor is facing a court-martial for allegedly indecently assaulting three of her shipmates while on board HMNZS Canterbury.
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Read more: Navy sailor facing court-martial over alleged groping
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/482523/navy-sailor-facing-court-martial-over-alleged-groping
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A third of Royal New Zealand Navy ships are docked due to a shortage of sailors, causing a loss of “significant flexibility,” the service’s top officer told Defense News.
Last month, the 279-foot offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington became the third ship to enter a period of idleness, joining the Navy’s other offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago and one of the two remaining 180-foot inshore patrol vessels, HMNZS Hawea.
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Read more: How the New Zealand Navy plans to fix its sailor and ship shortfalls
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/01/04/how-the-new-zealand-navy-plans-to-fix-its-sailor-and-ship-shortfalls/
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The Royal Navy’s pursuit of capability adaptability should re-assure our own defence policy makers that modularity is worth investigating, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts.
Historically, navies have attempted to acquire combatant ships permanently equipped and trained to defeat threats in all dimensions. The escalating cost of such platforms is now forcing even the largest and most advanced navies to consider alternatives. As discussed in an earlier article (Modularity and the Shape of New Zealand’s Next Naval Fleet) published in Issue 22 of Line of Defence, the most promising of these alternatives is ‘capability modularity’.
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Read more: What our partners are doing to build future-focused navies
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2023/01/04/capability-adaptability-future-focused-navies/
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My last article canvassed whether New Zealand should increase defence spending to 2% of GDP, and what would a decision entail. Since then, the case to do so has become stronger. However, this also means developing a clear understanding of how best to undertake this goal.
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Read more: What a realistic increase in Defence spending can deliver
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/09/29/realistic-increase-in-defence-spending/
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Unmanned aircraft have always contained virtually limitless promise, though sometimes people need to be able to see to believe.
A generation of American troops, their allies and leaders got to know the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper as intelligence and counter-terrorism tools, with important combat air support roles, too. But could these and newer aircraft play a different position in different environments elsewhere?
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Read more: RIMPAC 2022 underscores game-changing value of MQ-9B SeaGuardian
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2022/10/06/uas-prove-ready-for-new-roles-at-rimpac/
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Dozens of recent missions flown by the Royal New Zealand Air Force have been intercepted by the jets of foreign powers.
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Read more: Kiwi Air Force missions repeatedly intercepted by foreign military jets
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