For reference we had the lowest persnal tax rates in the OECD before the recent tax cuts. We must also look to our very economic system which was introducded in the mid 1980's at which point we were in the top ten GDP per person and ar now 24th and heading down. ( 40th on a GDP ppp Basis)
NZ isn't the only country with pollies and citizens that can not figure this basic fact out.
Not to mention that the NZGov't plans have called for the Kiwi ANZAC-class frigates to get replaced in the mid-2030's... I would hope that the RNZN and gov't have at least started the planning stages of the procurement programme, because it can easily take a decade or more to go from the ideas first getting written down, to an actual, in service replacement platform.
100% perfect timing and I would be confident both our PM and Australia’s meet up in Queenstown did discuss us tagging onto this purchase.
The type 31 is also possible in 2032/33/34. Wouldn’t count it out.
In order to fit those slots when would an order need to be placed?
The type 31 is out of picture. Japan will deliver us reliable modern frigates on time on budget.
The issue with replacing OPV’s with unscrewed option is that they then cannot carry out the primary jobs of an OPV.
I am only telling what I have heard and pointless having manned OPV’s if we cannot crew them and the navy still have a huge recruitment issue.
The problem is simply that the terms and conditions of service were cut back under the Key government to be the same as any normal civilian job. This did not take into account that a the time service men were committed 24/7 not 8 to 5 monday to friday, don't get overtime, can be sent to places they may not want to go and be sent to combat zones plus have to adhere to military's laws and regulations. I was talking to a recently retired RNZAF WO and he said that the service man no longer existed and the personal now days just viewed it as a normal job, nothing else due to the government changing the terms and conditions to mirror civilian jobs. It was a case of complete ignorance by the government at the time and of of following governments.
The acquisition of five MH-60Rs represents a quantum leap forward, introducing modern, capable, and highly interoperable platforms to the fleet. However, the limited number constrains operational flexibility and surge capacity, careful planning will be required to manage overlapping tasks and consistent availability. Hopefully, additional airframes or a supporting fleet of MH-60S will be considered in the future. This will strengthen resilience, enable more effective concurrent tasking, and broaden operational reach. Importantly though, this initial order establishes and sustains a robust training pipeline for both aircrew and maintenance personnel.
Yes I believe the open source information is that we purchased 200 CAMM Sea Ceptors, and each of our frigates holds only 20. That means we have 4 full missile reloads for each warship.
IIRC Sea Ceptor has been tested in a quad-pack configuration for the Mk 41 VLS. Whether or not that also would apply to any of the newer CAMM versions with longer range I am uncertain of. Depending on which version of the Mk 41 VLS which gets fitted aboard a Mogami-class FFG though, I would imagine that a multi-pack version could be developed. It would likely be more a matter of interest and funding.
The range of the sea ceptor is usually quoted as +25KM minimum and some reports have noted interceptions in testing in excess of 50km and I did see one report that had a successful intercept at over 70km. One must remember that a missiles range is dictated by altitude with low level range can be down to only a third of high level range due to air density.
Yes, but that also applies to the ranges for other air defence missiles like ESSM and SM-2. IIRC there was work on a -ER version of CAMM, of which Sea Ceptor is the essentially the naval variant of (the CAMM family) but there had been some question on how close in size the -ER version was to Sea Ceptor and whether or not the regular Sea Ceptor mushroom farm could accommodate newer/larger and long-legged versions of CAMM.
