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New Zealand Defence Force Sites

With the current Labour Government our Defence resources are being choked. New Zealand is lacking the necessary presence in south-east Asia, not to mention our commitment to the UN or even our closest allies across the ditch, under the ANZAC tradition.

Here is an Air Force base in New Zealand which is actually shared as a civilian Airport in Woodbourne, Blenhiem, South Island.
If you look hard you can make out two P3-K Orions parked on the flightline, one RNZAF (light grey) the other from Chilie.

Edited by eurofighter_nz (07/21/05 05:06 AM)Hence no placemark?


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Translate Textopps, just sorted that placemark out.... And heres more salt in the wound

From one of the countries with the largest EEZ in the pacific (Exclusive Economic Zone), one would think that we would have a sizeable Navy to patrol our vast waters against illegal fisheries, immigration, and imports/exports. BUT NO all we have are two resonably new ANZAC class frigates, trying to patrol 15,000 kms of coastline. That to me is a joke, and any other country with so much to loose would have done something by now considering the current global affairs.

Funny joke, you had me laughing there!


But here is somthing interesting,

"The Waihopai electronic intelligence gathering base is located in the Waihopai Valley, near Blenheim. First announced in 1987, it is operated by New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) in the interests of the foreign Powers grouped together in the super-secret UKUSA Agreement (which shares global electronic and signals intelligence between the intelligence agencies of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and NZ). Its two satellite interception dishes (shielded from public view by giant domes) intercept a huge volume of telexes, faxes, electronic mail and computer data communications. It gathers this data from our Asia/Pacific neighbours, and forwards it on to the major partners in the UKUSA Agreement, specifically the US National Security Agency." -http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/waihop.htm

Either this could be true and NZispart of the global intelligence network or its a load of speculation.

SORRY THIS IS A DUPLICATED PLACEMARK!

Edited by eurofighter_nz (07/21/05 08:45 PM)Are you Ex military?

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"The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass"
"Smart bombs have bad days too."Last time I was there is wasn't shared as a civilian airport

I agree with you about the ladour government destroying the defence force but we have always made the best of what we have got and our Infantry is better trained that the US Army Rangers

Here is the Marjor Army training area in NZ

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"The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass"
"Smart bombs have bad days too."Naval training, On Aucklands North ShoreBurnham Army Camp

Home for the 3rd Land force group

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"The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass"
"Smart bombs have bad days too."

Edited by ExGrunt (07/21/05 09:39 PM)The other two vessels in harbour are an ANZAC and HMNZS Endeavour.ANZAC link