Brian Ross wrote on Feb 1
st, 2024 at 5:13pm:
It has been rumored that New Zealand defence minister is meeting her Australian counterpart on Thursday and reports are New Zealand will formally request to join Pillar 2 of AUKUS.
This is a short description of P2
" According to the bureaucratic language of the AUKUS announcement, the purpose of Pillar Two is to “enhance our joint capabilities and interoperability.” Yet the scope of the original agreement was massive, covering “cyber capabilities, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and additional undersea capabilities.” A few months later, four more areas were added to these “advanced capabilities:” hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities, EW, innovation, and information sharing.”
So, once again, the Kiwis want to buy into every one elses’ research and development at the smallest cost. AUKUS is the primary platform for the development, acquisition, operation, maintenance and disposal of Australia’s nuclear submarine capability. We are led to believe that may lead to a common UK, AUS,US boat. NZ will most probably never allow nuclear submarines in it’s territorial waters, let alone acquire them. They wangled themselves into "5 eyes” now they want to play with the big boys for the lowest cost possible.
Please say “NO” would be my message to our Defence Minister. We cannot afford NZ out of our budgets