Neutrality means Jack shit if you aren't prepared defend it! There many nations who believe that Neutrality would protect them at a time of war & failed because they failed to invest in there Military & put it all on Red and rely on Diplomacy to protect ...
Boeing has always going to shit ever since they merged McD, as McD is management systems have to be some of the stupid ideas going around at the time & Boeing was Engineering Safety focus. Boeing's current Management Team is all Ex McD and yet they can't ...
Yes not buying the J's in the 2000's would've freed up alot money atm to replace the B757's, but as you said reorientation the NZDF to towards a more sustainable UN Peacekeeping/ Peace Enforcement Defence Force but the Labour Alliance Coalition didn't ...
Don't even know where to start with this reply LoL. I suppose we could start with the Labour Alliance Coalition cancelling the Option for 8 J's Model C130's in the early 2000's and kicking the can down the Rd with a stupid SLEP that didn't really address ...
This so-called Competition using Semi Auto's/ MSSA is basically what we called Training for Battle Shot, Combat Shooting & Close Quarter Battle Shooting in the Military & Police Service Shooting. There is no need for these Walt's (Cosplay) Muppets under a ...
Found some interesting stuff in the National Archives back in Apr last when I was in Wellington for the day on the family mine, but I need to get into the NZ Parliamentary Archives to back up some of my other assumptions & confirm what I have read in the ...
Yep, Nothing hasn't changed much on the Coast LoL Swap out our Family for the Brichfields & this Muppet, is like Red to Blue LoL
Sorry Folks, but this nothing new on the Coast! My Great Grandfather & later Great Uncle Len who were running our Family Coal mine in the Grey Valley (Blackball). We heavily supported the Labour Party & the local candidates (incl Tasman we also had a ...
The reason why the Yanks aren't to worried about oil & gas atm, is because they are largely self efficient due to fracking in the USA & Canada. But the flip side to this, is the other Economies that are still reliant POL for not only its Economic Security ...
It's NZ's woeful loading gauge not the operating gauge of 3ft 6in. You should see the monsters here in QLD or in WA where they have increased the Loading gauge and QLD has a Inter- Regional Rail incl Hi Speed Rail on 3ft 6in because they upgraded the ...
Well said!
My Tours to Timor Leste were Peacekeeping/ Peace Enforcement ie Chapter 7 & 6 of the UN Charter under a UN Mandate The Sth Sudan trip, was to giving the UN Peacekeepers some backbone when that mission almost went tits up like Rwanda and went I did there to...
Well said, I have a feeling NZ will get sucked into P2 unfortunately.
So you don't give a rat ass about our Peacekeeping efforts in Timor Leste during INTERFET and afterwards, with Lenny's death was a waste of fucking time as well? Lenny gets treated with far more respect in Timor Leste than he does in NZ even though he ...
What a complete load of Bollocks! The M1 Abrams that Australia has brought have just completed two concurrent overseas Exercises after EX TS23. The Townsville based 2nd Cav Regt deployed along with the 3Bde Amphibious Ready Group to Philippines to exercise...
From memory, it didn't at the time. The Bastards used the so-called BNZ Bank collapse for it's massive jump to the right & it was all downhill after that.
FFS, AUKUS is a Bloody Defence Treaty! It's Defence Technology Transfer Treaty IRT to Australia getting Nuclear Attack Subs & if anyone has been following the History Australian Submarine Force. RAN has been wanting Nuke Subs for a long time, but was ...
Yes, the RSA at the Western of the Runway is currently not to World's best practice, one day Queenstown Airport will run out of luck and a B737 or A320/321 will run out runway slam smack into that earth bung wall and it won't be pretty either.
Quite an interesting thread, But everyone has forgotten one crucial thing and that it is. The current Queenstown Airport is quite marginal for Jet Pax Op's even since they started to fly into there expect for the BAE 146's & that is the RSA over shoot/run ...
I take offence to your comment! Not all members of the Police, Prison Service NZDF are Right Wing Supporters most actually vote Labour than National. Me personally I would vote Green, but the Greens Defence Policy is written by a bunch clowns who haven't ...
Sorry my fat fingers on my stupid phone & probably wasn't wearing my goggles either lol My apologies.
Singer's is slang for Singapore FPDA - Five Power Defence Arrangement
Singer's is part of the FPDR which also includes NZ btw.
Well Andrew Little is releasing some NZ MoD & NZDF related stuff on Friday and its related to what was released today. Unfortunately I'm out bush ie I'm out/ down at Daly Waters NT atm and heading home on Friday so I won't get to read what Andy is ...
Tsar Poot's initial assualt on Ukraine was relying on his 2014 tactics of a corrupt Ukraine & his ability of his spooks to buy off Ukraine Officials along with the Russian Maskirovka for his cannon ball run in Kyiv. About 90% of the Ukrainian Officials ...
Ukraine is currently undertaking deep strike & long ranges fires into the Russian Rear Areas ie Logistics Bases, Bridges, Rail yards & Russia Army FUP's in this 2nd phase of the Offensive. The reason why is use "this will be an old fashion punch up" is ...
Do you understand the concept of probing one defences in Attack? Do you understand why the Ukrainian's are doing this? Ie the Meaning of the Concept of Operations? This Offensive this not your typical NATO style Gulf War blitzkrieg, but an old fashion ...
Monty also faced the same problem's at El Alamein in 42 as the 8th Army fought to break through the DAK Defence Lines. Monty had to have a operational pause before the final push which led to the break out of the 8th Army with his Corp de Chase led by the ...
This is about 30-45min old, but if anyone does jump Flight Radar or Flight Tracker atm. You would see that every man & his dog who has access to a BJ (business jet) is doing the great Australian Dance called the Harry Holt atm since Tsar Poot's State of ...
It's appears they are either staying loyal with the State or with Wagner. From what I understand & hearing elsewhere those Russia outside of the Fighting & B Ech are swapping sides when the Wagner Group approaches, but this may change as the Wagner Group ...
I'm more concerned about the land base tactical and Artillery nukes that Russia still has in service.
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