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Details: Category: News; Published: 15 August 2019

Author: ADM

Boeing recently upgraded the Royal NZ Air Force’s (RNZAF) fleet of six P-3K2 Orion aircraft with new acoustics processing and training simulation technology.

Article: http://nighthawk.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=form&layout=edit&a_id=0&Itemid=153

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 11 August 2019

The New Zealand government has opened tenders for the construction of a new home for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft.

Article: https://navaltoday.com/2019/08/12/new-zealand-seeking-p-8a-poseidon-base-builders-ahead-of-first-aircraft-arrival-in-2023/

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 31 July 2019

Author: Commanders William Woityra and Kenneth Boda and Captain Michael Davanzo

In February 1985, the government of New Zealand refused the destroyer USS Buchanan (DDG-14) entry to the port of Auckland after the U.S. Navy refused to declare whether the Buchanan was carrying nuclear weapons, which ran afoul of New Zealand’s recently implemented “nuclear free zone” policy. This otherwise minor incident led the U.S. Navy to ban New Zealand port calls by any Navy or Coast Guard ship and to prohibit New Zealand Navy vessels from visiting U.S. Navy facilities.

Article: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/july/lift-ban-new-zealand-port-visits

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Details: Parent Category: News; Category: Defence; Published: 30 July 2019

Author: Brian Hartigan

A fleet-wide grounding of all Australian MRH-90 helicopters recently put a significant dent in ship-to-shore capabilities – and no doubt dented some egos too – during Australia’s largest and most prestigious exercise.

Article: https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2019/07/29/aussies-fly-kiwi-choppers-as-own-fleet-grounded/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 23 July 2019

Author: Line of Defence Magazine

Defence Minister Hon Ron Mark suggests that time taken scrutinising P3 replacement options was time well spent, and that we can expect similar rigour in relation to procurement proposals to Cabinet going forward.

For many years I sat on the Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee. Each year, post-Budget, the Minister would arrive, and we would get to question them for an hour.

Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2018/07/10/defence-minister-big-decisions-not-taken-lightly/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 19 July 2019

July 1, 2019 (released July 10, 2019) – More than 600 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel, 27 New Zealand Army light armoured vehicles, three Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters and Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Canterbury are on their way to Australia for Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019.

Article: https://seawaves.com/2019/07/12/nzdf-joining-multi-national-military-exercise-in-australia/

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Details: Category: News; Published: 18 July 2019

Author: Nighthawk

Let’s face it, China is on the move in the Pacific and expanding using its soft power of money and promises of building infrastructure in many of the Pacific Island nations, in particular, Bougainville but also many others as well, including Fiji & Samoa.

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