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TVNZ Q & a Jack Tame has a 30 m in interview w/ one Retired Maj-Gen John Howard re NZs strategic situation. Impressive CV. He's a good... -
Cadredave replied to the thread Royal New Zealand Navy Discussions and Updates.The sad truth is Rob you cant make Army any smaller our Combat strength is way below peace time manning requirements, if you combine...
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Regardless of how this ends, I can't see how this is worth whatever outcomes that Israel and the US sought. At best, they removed Iran's... -
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Agree. I have always thought that the return to the more balanced force of the 1980's (with upgrades ) covers most requirements within a... -
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His infinite geopolitical expertise got himself into this mess (against military counsel), yet he now wants to minimise the fallout...
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India already send their warship, but only to escort back their own cargo and tanker...
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Trump's calls for American allies to send ships to the Hormuz Straits would likely fall on deaf ears because the solution to reopen the...
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SStampede replied to the thread Royal New Zealand Navy Discussions and Updates.I don’t disagree with much of the recent commentary about the importance of having a respectable naval fleet that includes having modern...
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Sswerve replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.It's the sort of thing the RN's been doing recently, though. Tarting up worn-out Type 23s then retiring them, or starting a refit then...
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The RAN ANZAC-class frigates originally had a site set aside for Phalanx after atop the hangar IIRC. However, once the Mk 41 started...
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Which again, cannot really be done due to space/weight and topweight limitations, unless one was okay with further major structural...
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I think it was less sea state related and more a damage control problem. Under worse case damage scenarios there was insufficient margin...
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Sandhi Yudha replied to the thread Taiwanese Air Force (ROCAF).Taiwanese officials were shown the first of 66 F-16V fighter jets purchased by Taiwan from the United States. The aircraft has is...
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RRob c replied to the thread Royal New Zealand Navy Discussions and Updates.Agree. I have always thought that the return to the more balanced force of the 1980's (with upgrades ) covers most requirements within a...