(Ozeanien) Neuseelands Marine

[Schneemann]

Neuseeland plant eine Verstärkung seiner Marinestreitkräfte. Derzeit verfügt die "Kiwi-Flotte" nur über zwei ältere Fregatten der Anzac-Klasse, vier OPVs und zwei Mehrzweckschiffe, darunter die 9.000 ts große Canterbury (die auch als Kommandoschiff dienen kann).

Dass eine chinesische Flottille in der Tasmansee im Februar Schießübungen abgehalten hat, hat das Sicherheitsgefühl in Neuseeland nicht unbedingt gestärkt. (Dabei weiß man ja dank Kongo Erich, dass die Chinesen nur an gutnachbarschaftlichen Beziehungen interessiert sind, wenn sie ihre Flotte irgendwo hinschicken... )

New Zealand navy receives a boost under 2025 Defence Capability Plan

The New Zealand government published its Defence Capability Plan (DCP) on 7 April, a document that had been delayed for many months. The DCP is essentially a blueprint listing investment in the military for the next 15 years, aligning with national strategy. The plan includes much-needed boosts to naval capabilities.

At the launch of the DCP, Prime Minister Chris Luxon said, “Global tensions are increasing rapidly, and New Zealand has stepped up on the world stage, but our current defence spending is simply too low.” The plan thus promises NZ$12 billion (US$6.65 billion) in defence spending over the coming four years, of which NZ$9 billion is new expenditure. The result will see defence as a proportion of GDP rise from the current 1% to slightly more than 2% within eight years. Luxon said this “is the floor, not the ceiling, of funding for our defence force”. [...]

Three key aims for the NZDF are delineated. Firstly, it must be combat capable with enhanced lethality and a deterrent effect. Secondly, NZ’s military must be a force multiplier with Australia and interoperable with partners, including a more tightly integrated “Anzac” force. Finally, the NZDF must be innovative and obtain improved situational awareness. [...]

Over the next four years, the NZDF is therefore looking at strike capabilities, particularly in the maritime domain. Options listed are arming the air force’s four P-8A Poseidon aircraft and the RNZN’s two Anzac-class frigates. The latter is long overdue, as the frigates are rather toothless; their anti-ship strike capacity comes from Super Seasprite helicopters carrying a maximum of two Penguin missiles. The DCP said other options, including land-based strike, are being explored too. [...]

The presence of a Chinese naval task group performing gunnery in the Tasman Sea in February caused alarm bells in the corridors of power. In a veiled reference to China, the DCP noted: “New Zealand’s geographic isolation no longer shelters us from threats to the extent it once did. We are seeing increasing threats to, and through, our extensive maritime area of interest. In addition to the risk of illegal activities, we face the increasing prospect of hostile forces operating in our wider maritime domain in ways that are coercive and threatening.”

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...lity-plan/

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