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The Chief of Defence says the military will have to ‘pause or turn off’ a ‘raft of things’ as a result of a budget blowout.
The HMNZS Manawanui is leaking diesel into the water off the coast of Samoa, and New Zealand says it will now try and remove fuel tanks from the wreck.
It’s not known exactly why the HMNZS Manawanui hit a reef and sank off the coast of the Samoan island of Upolu, but early reports suggested engine failure.
Both the Australian and New Zealand Defence Force are on their way to New Caledonia to rescue people trapped there by days of bloody violence.
‘The Air Force have been on stand-by for the last 48 hours ... but the airport is closed,’ the Anthony Albanese said.
Skilled and experienced former defence personnel are training the CCP’s military in ways to increase its ‘capability and lethality,’ the NZ SIS has warned.
AUKUS was formed as a counterweight to Beijing’s increased military expansion in the Indo-Pacific region.
New Zealand PM concedes his country’s military is not fit for purpose.
