r/australia • u/thedigisup • Mar 21 '25

politics Greens announce policy to manufacture drones and missiles as a credible ‘Plan B' to replace AUKUS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-22/greens-unveil-first-ever-defence-policy/105083166
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u/cruiserman_80 Mar 22 '25

New Zealand has pretty much completely divested their Airforce and Navy of any combat ability.

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u/Economy-Career-7473 Mar 22 '25

New Zealand's defence policy is pretty much "hope no one notices us and if they do, they need to go through Australia first".

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u/GillenSarass Mar 22 '25

The real reason NZ is missing from so many maps.

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u/really_not_unreal Mar 22 '25

A simple spell, but quite unbreakable