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a sad day indeedA sad day. What are ex RNZN feeling?
HMNZS Manawanui sunk - Naval News
HMNZS Manawanui, the RNZN's second newest vessel, has sunk off of Samoa during a reef survey operation with no loss of life.
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Optics might be somewhat negative but if there is no law in place to restrict employment for a specified interval.....Furthermore what time interval would be appropriate, one year, two, or more years? Besides, the minimal efforts of NZ's government to address defence needs seems to offer little immediate prospects for LM unless there is a secret plan to restore fighters to the RNZAF.
Dam, Lintott was ex CAF as well! Must be a pre-requisite for the job
Restoration of a strike component to NZDF is highly unlikely due to the politics involved. However if logic does some day come to the fore, this would be the logical step as it is the best way to defend NZ. It may be said the only way that does not involve truly massive forces of other types.Optics might be somewhat negative but if there is no law in place to restrict employment for a specified interval.....Furthermore what time interval would be appropriate, one year, two, or more years? Besides, the minimal efforts of NZ's government to address defence needs seems to offer little immediate prospects for LM unless there is a secret plan to restore fighters to the RNZAF.
Was just about to ask the exact same question. Earlier in year it was announced as delayed to October.
I don't like saying this but this National led government just will not spend any extra funding at all on the defence force, but the PM will still talk up our military contributions overseas.Probably got to expensive for the current government to swallow.
At this point I’d be happy to see Redbacks, Boxers, Mogamis and Seahawks all purchased and chalk that up as a massive win for the NZDF.
That doesn't generally work because Australia tends to over-complicate, over-pay and then do-over everything they do which is all well and good if you can afford to, which NZ can't, literally (in fact most countries can't) so no, not as "no-brainer" as alot like to make out. For example we are not achieving any benefit at all from "economies of scale" if Australia pays a premium for X capability it gets (which it regularly seems to do) as it's then just as, if not more expensive anyway ultimately for something suited to Australian requirements, roles and needs. Australia tends to buy high end tech equipment and then adds their own unique spin on it to get maximum possible outcome (for them) and while most countries like to do this to some degree Aus are next level! Nifty notion and sounds cool when you say it out loud and all but usually a false economy in reality at best.
Perhaps not to the same extent but Canada is in the same situation. Canada is now experiencing pressure to get their $hit together wrt defence, hopefully results will be positive. Interested to know if this pressure is being applied to NZ and will it be positive? Apparently both countries have pollies that like to park their heads up where the sun doesn’t shine!
The problem is that New Zealand pollies will still behave and act as if nothings wrong even when "someone kicks their behinds" the NZ LAbour party is good example of this "Labour won't join AUKUS T2" so short sighted!! and The governing National Party have delayed the DCP yet again!! this party just don't want to spend any sort of reasonable budget to start to sort out the defense mess that both of the major political parties have created over the last 25 plus years!!