NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIEF

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QCJWC 2009

• NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BRIEF

- Wg Cdr Pete Fitness
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SCOPE

• About New Zealand
• The Country
• My Role
• Issues
• 12 Month Synopsis
• Capstone Concept
• Defence Review

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An NZDF View of The World
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Why are we different

• Size
• Numbers
• Money
• Remote
• No Organic Defence Industry
• Public Perception

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NZ DEFENCE POLICY OBJECTIVES

• To defend New Zealand, and to protect its people,
  land, territorial waters, EEZ, and natural
  resources.
• To meet our alliance commitments to Australia by
  maintaining a close defence partnership in
  pursuit of common security interests.
• To assist in the maintenance of security in the
  South Pacific and to provide assistance to our
  Pacific neighbours.
• To play an appropriate role in the maintenance of
  security in the Asia-Pacific region, including
  meeting our obligations as a member of the Five
  Power Defence Arrangements.
• To contribute to global security and peacekeeping
  through participation in the full range of United
  Nations and other appropriate multilateral peace
  support and humanitarian operations

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Our Roles

• Primary
• To manage and develop the process of deriving and
  disseminating future concepts for NZDF capability
  development.
• Capability concept research and development
• Secondary
• To manage and promote concept development that
  informs the Strategic Capability Planning Process.

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Key Responsibilities

• Estimating all aspects of the future New Zealand
  security environment. Focus 10-20 years.
• Researching future concepts and capabilities of
  relevance to that environment.
• Identifying future capability gaps.
• Deriving capability requirements with rigour and
  confidence for the purposes of force development
  and acquisition planning.

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More Specifically

• Lead research into emerging concepts, trends,
  technologies etc and analyse their utility and/or
  impact on the future NZDF.
• Lead the systematic development, maintenance,
  review and communication of Strategic Trends
  Assessments.
• Manage the development, maintenance, review and
  communication of the Joint Vision.
• Manage the development, maintenance, review and
  communication of the NZDF Operating Concepts.
• Contribute to the development of Defence Policy.
• Contribute to the development, maintenance and
  review of Defence Future Planning Scenarios.
• Lead cross portfolio project teams within the
  Directorate.
• Contribute to HQNZDF special projects teams as
  required.
• Make a direct contribution to the annual review
  of the Enduring Strategic Guidance component of
  the Strategic Capability Planning Processes.

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ISSUES

• Not resourced
• Easier to Replace Existing Capabilities.
• Single Service Cap Defn
• Single Service Issues
• Conflicting resource priorities of small force
• Struggle to resource existing capabilities
• Fiscal pressure
• Organisational Tensions
• Political Worries

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Last 12 Months

• Draft Capstone Concept Document
• Government Defence Review

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Capstone Concept
Strategic Trends Assessment
NZDF Joint Vision
Strategic Operating Concept
Joint Operating Concept
Future MaritimeOperating Concept
Future LandOperating Concept
Future Air SpaceOperating Concept
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Review Methodology
- Identify Defence Outcomes Required - Define
Tasks Required to Meet Outcomes - Identify Key
Capabilities to Effect Tasks - Develop Scenarios
to Test Capabilities - Identify Costed
Capability Options - Recommend Force Structure
to Government
Ensure Sovereignty of NZ EEZ
Sense Threats and Project Force to Deter and
Defeat Identified Threats
Maritime Patrol Inderdiction Maritime
Combat Information Ops Air Surveillance Communicat
ions Op Command Tac Command Counter
Terrorism Fires Force Protection
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Review Methodology
SHOCKS ?