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Details: Category: News; Published: 10 July 2018

Author: Laura Walters

China has hit back at New Zealand over an official defence strategy paper, which named it as a threat.

Defence Minister Ron Mark's rebooted Strategic Defence Policy Statement, released on Friday, explicitly states the threat it believes China poses to the international community.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/105387818/china-fires-back-at-nz-calls-remarks-on-south-china-sea-and-pacific-politics-wrong

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 31 May 2018

Author: Simon Murdoch

New Zealand’s thinking about its maritime interests and defence priorities has favoured a customary hierarchy. Local and South Pacific regional concerns come first and then we span out eventually to global commitments. But recent developments in the East Asian littoral and the Northern Pacific suggest this approach may run New Zealand into a hole. We may be at a strategic turning point in terms of risks to our interests and in need of a paradigm shift where policy settings can be adapted to the changes occurring in this wider maritime periphery.

Article: http://www.incline.org.nz/home/a-turning-point-for-new-zealands-maritime-periphery

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: World; Published: 25 May 2018

Category : News

Author: David Wroe

China has approached Vanuatu about building a permanent military presence in the South Pacific in a globally significant move that could see the rising superpower sail warships on Australia’s doorstep.

Article: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-eyes-vanuatu-military-base-in-plan-with-global-ramifications-20180409-p4z8j9.html

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 02 May 2018

Author: Simon Roberts

Yesterday, I attended, along with my business partner, Hon Heather Roy, a symposium on New Zealand’s Maritime Security Environment hosted by the Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. As I’ve done in previous blog posts, I like to record my initial thoughts while still fresh and leave the way open to more detailed analysis in the future.

Read more: Sea Blind

Article: https://unclas.com/2018/05/02/sea-blind/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 20 January 2018

Category : News

Author: Kurt Bayer

New Zealand's elite SAS soldiers have received a multi-million dollar fleet of new special operations vehicles, although just how many remains top secret.

The rugged high-tech cross-country Special Operations Vehicles – Mobility Heavy (SOV-MH) have been delivered by British vehicle specialists Supacat and will roll into service over the coming months.

Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzs-elite-sas-soldiers-get-rugged-new-army-vehicles/4JUKDQGH6DWBP3D4IJG4IIHLDM/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 23 October 2017

Author: Loren Thompson

Arms sales to overseas partners are a major tool of U.S. foreign policy. They are also a growing source of revenues for U.S. defense contractors, who have faced flat domestic demand in recent years due to congressionally mandated caps on Pentagon spending. When arms sales are done right, they can bolster regional security, strengthen alliances, lighten the warfighting burden on U.S. forces, improve the trade balance and create jobs in the U.S.

Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2017/09/19/why-foreign-military-sales-are-always-worth-less-than-the-published-number/#1a6c65d85d42

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 05 October 2017

Author: SAAB

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract to provide a complete communications system on board the Royal New Zealand Navy’s future fleet replenishment vessel, HMNZS Aotearoa.

Article: https://saab.com/es/region/netherlands/news/news-and-press-releases/news-list/new-zealand-navy-chooses-saab-tacticall-for-future-communications-solution/

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 06 August 2017

Author: Greg Colton

Last month a combined force from five allied nations, including a fleet of 33 warships and submarines, over 200 aircraft and more than 33,000 military personnel, defeated an ‘enemy force’ in 20 locations across northern Australia.

Article: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-us-and-nz-military-co-operation-augurs-well

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