Incline: “ANZAC class 2.0? Opportunities for cooperation between Australia and New Zealand”

My first post with the Victoria University of Wellington’s Incline blog was published in September, building off some earlier research I conducted for the Australian Naval Institute. It examined the opportunities for Australia and New Zealand to work more closely together in maritime capability acquisition over the next decade to build a more interoperable fleet and reinforce a shared sense of purpose and direction in upholding security throughout the South Pacific.

Specifically, the alignments in each nation’s capability plans suggest that there are opportunities for co-development of a new multirole sealift vessel, as well as New Zealand potentially acquiring the same class of Offshore Patrol Vessels currently under development for the Royal Australian Navy.

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