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Feanor replied to the thread The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread.I don't think there is good statistical data, only anecdotal. I know some people are stop-lossed, meaning their service obligation is... -
John Fedup replied to the thread Royal New Zealand Navy Discussions and Updates.Time is indeed a bugger. WRT re-establishing an ACF, is there any way to reduce the 15 year restart time? For example, bringing in... -
Ananda replied to the thread Indonesia: 'green water navy'.https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2026/05/11/12215121/jepang-tawarkan-fregat-mogami-dan-kapal-selam-untuk-indonesia Navy Chief during... -
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while a sudden mountain was never said to solve anything, additional money can improve the terms and conditions to retain servicemen so... -
PPusser01 replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.One wonders how the LCM2000 might have gone if they'd been kept in service. Obviously they had issues with cracking while being lifted...
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You seem to think that just increasing the numbers leads to a better NZDF, it does not in it self. There is a hole raft of things...
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Buying a mixed fleet of T31s and Mogamis would be stupid, quite frankly, for any size Navy NZ could conceivably afford. It would be an...
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Not likely, during the 1980-90 period personal numbers were about 12000 on anaverage budget of 2.5% gdp. At the time we had far more...
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I expect it to be pretty minimal. The project will be quite busy with local production and risk avoidance will mean minimal changes...
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DefMin indicates "there is potential to increase the number of frigates the nation purchases". And that a decision could be made...
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An interesting idea for exploration. But my view is we can afford a third Frigate ourselves (at the very least i.e. should be at least...
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while a sudden mountain was never said to solve anything, additional money can improve the terms and conditions to retain servicemen so... -
In regard to the enlistment is there information on the time of service ? there are claims of troops being forcibly required to...
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Sandhi Yudha replied to the thread Indonesia: 'green water navy'.Here a video of the arrival of KRI Canopus 936 at Tanjung Priok. And here a top level of journalism video, made with a vertically hold... -
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You seem to think that just increasing the numbers leads to a better NZDF, it does not in it self. There is a hole raft of things...