A Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
Credit: New Zealand Defense Force
SINGAPORE—At the Shangri-La Dialogue here in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a blunt assessment of New Zealand's defense ambitions. Wellington's plan to raise defense spending to 2% of GDP over the next eight years is inadequate, Hegseth quipped, suggesting the country is a...
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