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| Australia backs 'Son of Star Wars' |
Australia has confirmed it will allow the United States to use a military base in northern Australia as a link in the controversial anti-missile defence shield proposed by President Bush. [delve]
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| Alliance party doubt sustainability of funding |
"Increased spending on defence over the next 10 years is so high that it will need to be reviewed by a future Government," said Deputy Prime Minister and Alliance leader Jim Anderton. But after intervention by Prime Minister Helen Clark's office, Mr Anderton corrected his statement, saying it had not been intended as an attack on the defence package [delve]
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| The new Bush Administration |
The new Bush Administration wants Australia to take the lead in dealing with Indonesia's problems of violence and political instability [delve]
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| Hamilton's Pacific Aerospace |
Hamilton's Pacific Aerospace is shortlisted to supply the Israeli air force with up to 50 trainer aircraft in a deal worth $NZ62.5 million. CT4 Airtrainer information <More> Operators of the CT4 <More> We can offer the independent and impartial forum for compromise. <More> [delve]
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| ORION REPORT SHOWS DEFENCE IS MISLEADING PUBLIC |
Just four days before Leonard Manning was killed, Indonesia's defence minister Juwono Sudarsono announced that Australia had offered to resume training Indonesian military (TNI) personnel. <More> Inevitably, Private Manning's death will prompt questioning of the worth of the East Timor operation and the value of New Zealand's contribution to UN forces. <More> Media Release Full report, complete with photos [Download] Full report, in plain text [More] P3 Orion specifications (by FAS) <More> US navy’s P3 Orion description <More> [delve]
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| Lithuania |
US Navy Homepage <More>Lithuania’s parliament will consider a proposal to cut the country’s defense spending [delve]
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| Military modernization in East Asia |
Military modernization in East Asia, combining the use of advanced computers, communications and sensors with precision-guided weapons, is intensifying disparities among armed forces in the region and could upset the balance of power in the western Pacific, analysts say [delve]
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| No to updrading Orions? |
The NZ Government will not give priority to any request from the Defence Force for $445 million to upgrade the six Orion aircraft [delve]
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| Asia’s arms race. |
While retaining its image as a defensive force, the Malaysian armed forces needs strategic assets. Sound familiar? Asia’s arms race. Are we a part of that? [delve]
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| Cancellation of the F-16 deal |
Cancellation (of the F-16 deal) would "create a credibility gap between policy goals and actual commitment," against which New Zealand's 'proud record of contemporary peacekeeping will count for little.' [delve]
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| Echelon |
Learn about Echelon, intelligence gathering computer system [delve]
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| F-16s |
Why do we need the likes of F-16s when our troops in Dili make do with doubtful old gear? [delve]
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| Nuclear-Free Tasman Sea Flotilla |
is a loose federation of international seafarers who are aware of the enormous danger to life on the planet caused by nuclear bomb tests, nuclear fuel transport and use, nuclear pollution and nuclear waste. We are co-operating to raise the awareness of peoples in the world to these issues. [delve]
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