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Defence policy is a major weakness of the left. Far to often social reform is used as a tool to cut defence spending which weakens New Zealand’s ability to add confidence to trade.
Political upheaval can take many forms. Upheaval could come from the masses or the political and business class. Knowing that NZDF have the ability to extract NZ citizens from flash points that can irrupt out of no where is essential.
From the time it takes treasury to ask for requests for information (RFI) to the time NZDF receive what ever they want to purchase takes no less than 2 years. As I’v already explained in passing, political uncertainty across Asia pacific steaming from fraud/corruption/inequality is not only on the rise, it is happening at a time when the capabilities for NZDF to react in defence of New Zealand’s interests have been severely diminished by decades of political interference.
Leader of the opposition has already stated that the $20 billion defence wish list will be raided. Working on that assumption that means a like for like replacement of RNZA C-130 transport planes is unlikely from a certain view point, so less carrying capacity and available platforms or smaller planes. That shouldn’t mean that RNZAF shouldn’t have 24/7 on-call emergency evacuation protocols in all conditions and the tools to deliver on that.
It’s important for NZDF as a whole to have a long reach. Not just to help out the friends and interests of New Zealand, but also for kiwis at home.
well Sam I would have thought NZF would understand this
If we’re going to spend on the military, I always thought it eminently logical that it be on the Navy, or a CoastGuard. We have a vast coastline, and an improved CoastGuard would be handy for storm ravages (especially with increasingly powerful storms); ships in distress; patrolling our fisheries; seeing off Japanese whalers; and assisting our Pacifica neighbours in times of natural disaster.
As for “the ability to extract NZ citizens from flash points that can irrupt out of no where” – we might have to rely on others for that. Just as others throughout the world would rely on our sea-going abilities to assist their citizens in our part of the world.
Until we have a real-life International Rescue, that’s where I’d put our tax-dollars; Navy and Coastguard.
agreed …and this is interesting…the war on drugs…strategies
‘Drug cartels are like sophisticated international corporations – ex-undercover DEA agent’
https://www.rt.com/shows/sophieco/397044-drugs-cartels-criminals-mexico/
Something else of interest on the page you linked to, RB (unrelated). Bookmarked for future reference. Thanks.
From memory the Littoral operations and support ship, Endevour replacement, the ANZAC upgrades comes to about $2 billion of money already spent. With further billions needed for the Future frigate programme and future air mobility programme, As well as replacing the protector fleet so about 2 billion for each programme by 2030/50.
With out domestic integration of weapons, censors and associated aesthetic I.e plumbing, service lines, stowage, accomodation ect, NZDF and the tax payer will be a slave to Lockmart execs who’s only mission is to make returns for share holders. They make some cool stuff but $10k hammers and toilet seats are not. And this is national security threat number 1 on my list.
Weed out the rip offs.
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