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Join our crew onboard HMNZS Wellington and go behind the scenes during gunnery training...
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The global military drone market is growing rapidly and as New Zealand looks to the future of its defense force we must ask ourselves if we see drone technology there. Public perception of UAVs is often negative and associated with issues like the war on terror and armed drone strikes. However, drones also have many meaningful uses, including search and rescue, maritime surveillance, humanitarian assistance and communications support.
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Read more: Should NZDF Opt For A Drone Based Future?
- Article: https://theowp.org/reports/should-nzdf-opt-for-a-drone-based-future/
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The DCP 2019 states it will be looking at drones to supplement the P-8A's and other surveillance aircraft. NZ EEZ and SAR areas are huge, and drones will help supplement any search as a cheaper option once up and running that a full flight P-8A.
They still have a human element involved with it's operation. They have longer loiter time and you can change pilots mid-flight. It also means, if in the time of conflict and drone is shot down there is no loss of life.
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Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced that NUSHIP Supply, a new AOR (Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment) vessel for the Royal Australian Navy departed from the Ferrol shipyard to start initial sea trials.
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Read more: Navantia-Built AOR ‘Supply’ Starts Sea Trials In Spain
- Article: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/08/navantia-built-aor-supply-starts-sea-trials-in-spain/
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Members of the American military have arrived in Christchurch ahead of their deployment to Antarctica.
A C-17 plane – from McChord Air Force Base in the State of Washington – landed at Christchurch Airport on Friday morning, before the 30 personnel were transported to one of the city’s five quarantine hotels.
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Read more: US military in managed isolation in New Zealand ahead of Antarctica trip
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Two soldiers were burned during a training exercise at Linton Military Camp on Thursday night.
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Read more: Soldiers burned in training exercise at Linton Military Camp
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With the growing assertions by the Chinese government across the eastern Pacific including in Hong Kong and our own repudiation of an extradition treaty, there are now calls to expand the Five Eyes intelligence network to include Japan.
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The EU is looking more toothless than ever before. Meanwhile, the USA has been hit by a worrying crisis which may cripple it for years. The western world is facing major hurdles. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Meet CANZUK. A theoretical union between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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Read more: CANZUK - An upcoming superpower?
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It will be a very different RIMPAC for the Kiwis this year, with no on-shore exercises or contact with foreign troops. The crew of the HMZNS Manawanui were not going to let a global pandemic stop them participating in the world's largest maritime war games.
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Read more: Navy ship on way to controversial Covid-era war games in Hawaii
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300070680/coronavirus-navy-ship-on-way-to-controversial-covidera-war-games-in-hawaii
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