New Zealand hikes defense spending but cuts air combat wing, air defenses
New Zealand is hiking defense spending but gutting its air force and navy, abandoning the Royal New Zealand Air Force's air combat wing and slashing the navy's fleet so that only a flotilla of small fisheries patrol boats remain. The moves will refocus the island's military on peacekeeping and shore...
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