New Zealand to spend $3bn upgrading helicopters and ‘embarrassing’ defence planes

i get why they would want to upgrade helicopters, but why would anyone want to embarrass defence planes?!

Skeezix @lemmy.world 2mo ago
It’s cute when they blush
- UniversalBasicJustice @lemmy.dbzer0.com 2mo ago
  When they ~~activate afterburners~~ blush I blush.
RecallMadness @lemmy.nz 2mo ago
We’re going to embarrass the Australian defence planes.
Just fly those new helicopters right to Canberra.

Money that could be spent actually improving the lives of the people of this country.

Ilovethebomb @lemmy.nz 2mo ago
We've had enemy vessels in our waters in the past, the Germans sunk multiple vessels in our waters during the war, and the way things are going, I can see similar shenanigans happening again.
- bort @sh.itjust.works 2mo ago
  But if that is the case, a couple of new helicopters isn't going to help. Any potential invader that wants to take NZ is likely going to have a much stronger force than we can muster. That's why we traditionally have relied on our allies for military strength.
- BalpeenHammer @lemmy.nz 2mo ago
  And you think these helicopters and planes will be able to fight the germans when they attack us?

I'm sure there's a mention in flight of the conchords that NZ's tanks are just donated old UK planes that don't fly anymore.

AWOL_muppet @lemmy.nz 2mo ago

Yeah, I'm embarrassed - but more about our government and multiple iterations of it having completely shortsighted approaches to just about everything

BlueÆther @no.lastname.nz 2mo ago

I wonder how many inter-islanders we could buy

Ilovethebomb @lemmy.nz 2mo ago
The boats were only going to be $550 million each.
Three billion would probably have gotten two boats, and one terminal they can actually park at.
Which is a problem, as you need two.
- Xcf456 @lemmy.nz 2mo ago
  It was $550 million for both ferries, not each

Ilovethebomb @lemmy.nz 2mo ago

Seahawks and A320 series jets, both great choices.

The Seahawk is from the same family as the Black Hawk, an aircraft type operated all around the world, and the A321 is part of a family of jets operated by airlines globally, probably thousands in operation around the globe.

Both aircraft types are very popular, and operated by our allies, meaning manufacturer support should continue for decades into the future.

I think that, long term, this will represent a cost saving over trying to keep the ageing aircraft we currently have in service.

BalpeenHammer @lemmy.nz 2mo ago
These will put the fear of god into the Chinese for sure. Now they won't even think of attacking us.

deadbeef79000 @lemmy.nz 2mo ago

Oh no, embarrassing.

Grow up.

New Zealand to spend $3bn upgrading helicopters and ‘embarrassing’ defence planes

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