NZ's $20 bln defence plan includes new frigates, camp spruce-ups, cyber protection

NZ's $20 bln defence plan includes new frigates, camp spruce-ups, cyber protection
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill Nov. 16 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's defence plans out to 2030 include replacing the two Anzac-class frigates, adding transport aircraft, the possible replacement of armoured vehicles, new inshore capabilities, and a spruce-up for camps and bases. The Defence Capability Plan 2016, detailing $20 billion of military investment through until 2030 was released by Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee at the Defence Industry Association's annual forum in Auckland today. The plan follows the release in June of the government's...