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Correct me if I am wrong but the majority of the US navy is neither nuclear powered nor armed these days, the bulk of the US airforce doesnt fly around with nukes bolted to them and certainly isnt nuclear powered and nor does the army so in essence they meet the requirements of New Zealand law therefore some accomodation could be reached but the US has decided its an all or nothing sort of thing. (Incidently this is all the more laughable as NZ ports are not large enough nor equiped to take the US carriers or Submarines anyway which rules out the bulk of the nuclear powered/armed fleet as I recall). New Zealand on the hand has used this law to play the rebellious "western nation" much to its detriment I even recall a time when an american squadron of F15s was not allowed here because it was deemed they "could" carry nukes but in reality so could the New Zealand aircraft they were going to fly with so it it all became a bit of a joke. Having said all that I would vote against changing our anti-nuclear policy as it serves us well economically throughout the world I do however also believe that if both parties actually wanted to work together it could be achieved without either party backing down. |
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