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Councillors have recommended approving a charter which formalizes a relationship between New Plymouth and the new Royal New Zealand Navy vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa.
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Read more: Councillors recommend adopting charter for new Navy vessel
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/300068129/councillors-recommend-adopting-charter-for-new-navy-vessel
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New Zealand’s public military websites appear to be down on Tuesday evening.
The New Zealand Defence Force websites, including its Army, Navy and Air Force websites, were not loading from 5pm on Tuesday.
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Read more: New Zealand Defence Force websites appear to be down
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/122278232/new-zealand-defence-force-websites-appear-to-be-down
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Wonders if they were hacked from China because of we suspended our extradition treaty with China...
Two training centres will be opened in Timor-Leste this week as part of commemorations to mark 20 years since the death of New Zealand peacekeeper Private Leonard Manning KIA.
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Read more: KIA’s legacy to be marked on 20th anniversary
- Article: https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2020/07/21/kias-legacy-to-be-marked-on-20th-anniversary/
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All three branches of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have started trials of new electric utility bikes that will be used for tasks such as reconnaissance and surveillance, airfield security and other transport roles.
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Read more: New Zealand military testing electric mopeds
- Article: https://defbrief.com/2020/07/27/new-zealand-military-testing-electric-mopeds/
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An astrophysicist who used to work for the Pentagon's secret UFO division has claimed the US military is in possession of "off-world vehicles not made on this Earth".
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Read more: Pentagon has 'off-world vehicles not made on this Earth', insider claim
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/07/pentagon-has-off-world-vehicles-not-made-on-this-earth-insider-claims.html
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Hundreds more New Zealanders are rushing to sign up to the Army amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
An extra 1000 or more recruits join the Army, Air Force and Navy each year to add extra muscle to the military, or plug gaps as people leave.
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Read more: Big influx of army recruits amid coronavirus pandemic
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/covid-19-big-influx-of-army-recruits-amid-coronavirus-pandemic.html
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Critics assert that New Zealand has a low capacity to absorb the Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). This paper reviews RMA trendlines and enduring characteristics of New Zealand's strategic interests, constructs a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) modelled on RMA trendlines, and costs this model. The paper finds that the NZDF can absorb the RMA, and New Zealand can afford to further upgrade its armed forces within current financial baselines. A NZDF modernised along RMA trendlines would be significantly more effective as a fighting force (and in turn in its peacekeeping capacity), in its sovereignty protection roles; and in its ability to carry out ancillary tasks including research and, rescue and disaster relief.
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Read more: The Revolution in Military Affairs
- Article: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/strategic-studies/documents/working-papers/wp-14.pdf
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An older paper (1999) ... I agree with some of what he said, other stuff I am not sure ... and today's world is totally different from when this was written and when it was targeted for.
New Zealand’s Green Party purports to have a pacifist foreign policy. Its founding charter lists “non-violent conflict resolution” as one of four guiding principles. Following the recent US assassination of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani, an act of war, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman called for NZ troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, where they are supporting the illegal US imperialist occupation.
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Read more: New Zealand Greens support military build-up
- Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2001/S00048/new-zealand-greens-support-military-build-up.htm
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