RNZAF P-8 Poseidon purchase
Bleating starting to reach a crescendo.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12089992
The usual parade of pseudo-experts.The more I read about it - the more the P-8 sounds like the perfect aircraft for the RNZAF.
Powerful sensor suite, extended range, and the ability to arm up to counter advanced maritime surface and sub-surface threats of all kinds - only if needed.
Inter-operability with RAAF Tritons if needed, when they arrive.
EDIT - think I fixed the link.
You should see a summary of dissenting views over the last week.
EDIT - nope - I can't get that link to work...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12089992
The usual parade of pseudo-experts.The more I read about it - the more the P-8 sounds like the perfect aircraft for the RNZAF.
Powerful sensor suite, extended range, and the ability to arm up to counter advanced maritime surface and sub-surface threats of all kinds - only if needed.
Inter-operability with RAAF Tritons if needed, when they arrive.
EDIT - think I fixed the link.
You should see a summary of dissenting views over the last week.
EDIT - nope - I can't get that link to work...
Last edited by tartare; 16th Jul 2018 at 10:43.
I concur with tartare, NZ has a massive EEZ and this purchase proves it is at the very least serious about patrolling it. As for the bleating, don't waste your time or bandwidth reading it, I took the time so you don't have to and there's nothing worth reading. Just a bunch of ignorant armchair "defense experts" regurgitating the same BS every time the Govt tries to buy anything for the military. By way of comparison one roading project in Auckland will cost more than the P-8A buy, and that's just one (albeit the most expensive) of 130 projects the NZTA is administering.
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Here you go Tartare - good link:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12089992
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12089992
Here you go Tartare - good link:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12089992
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12089992
Armstrong suggests the new Government has essentially done a U-turn on the consensus that Helen Clark forged, to shift the military out of combat roles:
You wonder about a military without a combat role
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more farmers votes than military ones...