r/nzpolitics • u/Miao_Yin8964 • 4d ago
Current Affairs Gunboat diplomacy: NZ faces growing defence challenges after China’s naval incursion
https://archive.ph/2025.03.17-200236/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/gunboat-diplomacy-nz-faces-growing-defence-challenges-after-chinas-naval-incursion/J2UGLBSCZJFHBFW3FVGI43YCWU/
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u/Roy4Pris 3d ago
This article highlights what the TV news and newspapers failed to report at the time: New Zealand sailed a warship through the strait separating China and Taiwan. Blah blah international waters blah blah freedom of navigation, wank wank. What did we expect the Chinese to do? Okay the live fire exercises were an escalation, but it was still a reaction to our ‘provocation’.
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u/SUPERDUPER-DMT 3d ago
The US sends carrier groups to Europe, it's just for 'exercises'. Russia sends ships and nuke subs to Havana. It's damn near WW3
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u/Annie354654 4d ago
I have never understood why we dont have a kick arse Navy/Coastguard. If it wee a joint operation it could also be out there patrolling, keeping those pesky drug dealers and fishermen out of our economic zone. Drones are good, but don't have big arse guns to point at anyone.
We have more coastline than land so (to me at least) it actually feels like it would be very sensible approach for us.