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The army's deteriorating fleet is to receive a boost thanks to the purchase of 43 new armoured vehicles.
Defence Minister Ron Mark has announced that the Government has approved buying Bushmaster NZ5.5 vehicles, two of which were on show at Linton Military Camp on Wednesday.
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Read more: New armoured vehicle purchase replaces ageing fleet
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/122067489/new-armoured-vehicle-purchase-replaces-ageing-fleet
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Rocket Lab's failed launch isn't as bad as it may seem, according to the founder of a digital technology company.
On Sunday Rocket Lab's thirteenth launch failed after an Electron rocket was lost during the mission.
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Read more: Rocket Lab's failed launch was first in company's history
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/rocket-lab-s-failed-launch-was-first-in-company-s-history.html
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The Royal Australian Navy’s 808SQN based at HMAS Albatross near Nowra will soon replace its Airbus MRH 90 helicopters with a new utility helicopter.
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Read more: Australian Navy to get new utility helicopter
- Article: https://adbr.com.au/navy-to-get-new-utility-helicopter/
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Veterans have taken aim at an Army ban on urban live firing exercises.
The NZ Defence Force (NZDF) instituted the ban after a soldier was shot during a live firing exercise in 2019 at the Battle Training Facility in Ardmore in rural south Auckland.
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Read more: Veterans take aim at NZDF ban on urban live firing exercises
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300050492/veterans-take-aim-at-nzdf-ban-on-urban-live-firing-exercises
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The United States Navy will sponsor the 27th Rim of the Pacific exercise, Aug. 17-31.
Hosted by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, this biennial maritime exercise will be an at-sea-only event in light of COVID-19 concerns. The theme of RIMPAC 2020 is “Capable, Adaptive, Partners.”
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Read more: U.S. Pacific Fleet announces Rim of the Pacific 2020
- Article: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130607
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A National MP with links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been criticised for not being accessible enough to English media outlets - but his boss Todd Muller disagrees.
Dr Yang, a list MP who joined Parliament in 2011 and admitted to once training Chinese spies, was recently criticised in a TVNZ report over refusing an interview with a Q&A journalist for more than two years.
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Read more: POLITICS Todd Muller defends Chinese Communist Party-linked National MP Jian Yang
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/todd-muller-defends-chinese-communist-party-linked-national-mp-jian-yang-who-s-accused-of-avoiding-english-media.html
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OPINION: As the spectre of widespread unemployment looms, the New Zealand defence forces have experienced a sharp increase in recruitment numbers.
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Read more: New defence recruits may be buy into a sea of trouble
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/122026503/new-defence-recruits-may-be-buy-into-a-sea-of-trouble
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the paragraph where she says "New recruits to the NZ defence forces, who joined up hoping for job security, to learn a trade and develop a skillset, may be in for a nasty shock if asked to take up arms against this sea of trouble." is the dumbest thing I have heard in years, anyone who joins the armed forces knows the risk and knows that they may be asked to actually go to war... to say that they could be in for a shock if asked is just pure and utter crap.
New Zealand has to pick a side...we can not sit on the fence... and the way China has been aggressively pushing its weight around in the south china sea and pacific... we better pick the correct side to that is willing to push back.
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A Rocket Lab Electron rocket has been lost during the company's latest mission, 'Pics Or It Didn't Happen', on Sunday morning.
The aerospace company had planned to deploy seven satellites from the Mahia Peninsula, with Electron launching at 9:20am (NZ time).
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Read more: Rocket Lab Electron rocket 'lost' during 'Pics Or It Didn't Happen' mission
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/rocket-lab-prepares-to-launch-satellites-for-new-mission-pics-or-it-didn-t-happen.html
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