The relative level of commitment that Singapore provides to its military forces in comparison to New Zealand is not only a reflection of the tremendous economic, social and technological development that has occurred in the city state since its independence, but is also due the different perceptions...
However, he said, the premise of the book was incorrect, and New Zealand troops had never operated in the two villages named in the book - Khak Khuday Dad and Naik. The book, released last week claimed the Special Air Service led U.S. and Afghan forces in a raid that killed six civ...
WELLINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) on Wednesday announced its plan to be the world's first smoke-free military by 2020. The announcement call was made at an event in the Parliament to mark the World Smokefree Day, which was hosted by ASH, a charity group...
U.S., New Zealand discuss new military ties.Reports on the United States' willingness to reach a mutual accommodation agreement with New Zealand to renew military cooperation. Retention of antinuclear legislation implemented in 1986; Ban on nuclear devices and nuclear power generators in New Zealand...
From the age of 12 all males in New Zealand received military training. In 1911 New Zealand formed a 25,000, part-time national militia. Most of the men who volunteered to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in August 1914 came from this Territorial Army....
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New Zealand Bans Guns After Mass Shooting; All “Military-Style” And “Assault Rifles” Outlawed ByZero Hedge New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the “first tranche” to reforms on gun laws – beginning with the immediate ban on ...
NEW Zealand will send a small number of troops to Iraq to help train local forces in their battle against the Islamic State group, Prime Minister John Key announced today. Key told lawmakers the country would deploy up to 143 military personnel, who would be based "behind the wire" and wou...
8 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand military is to send 55 personnel and a P-3K2 Orion surveillance aircraft to the Middle East to join a multinational effort to fight piracy and drug trafficking, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said Wednesday. The NZDF team would help patrol 3.2 ...
20 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand and Canadian troops have recovered 50 unexploded munitions, including a 250-pound bomb, from the site of a World War II United States air base in the Solomon Islands, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said Tuesday. A combined team of divers from the New ...