A discussion on whether New Zealand should adopt Ukrainian drone technology for defence, framed around emerging warfare trends, domestic industry capacity, and the realistic likelihood of conflict in the region.
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Tell me, Robert, what what are we cause because your mate who you quoted before said basically we need to get in chuck the billion dollars at the drones because there's going to be a world war. But realistically, are we actually going to end up in a situation where we are fighting to defend ourselves in New Zealand? Because the most likely thing that's going to happen in our part of the world is China takes Taiwan and we aren't going to be able to stop that. So what's the risk to us?
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limited direct threat to new zealand security
Robert Patman: Otago University Professor for International Relations on Ukraine offering New Zealand a deal to build military dronesSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
