New Zealand expected to buy 4 P-8As

New Zealand’s Defence Minister Ron Mark is expected to propose to his cabinet colleagues a decision by the military to buy four Boeing P-8As to replace the P3K.

US Navy P-8 Poseidon taking off at Perth Airport
By Darren Koch (Provided on email) [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons


The plan will cost taxpayers $1.4 billion and a full decision will be made by the cabinet in July.

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