M.P. extols submarines
• Wellington reporter The Falklands experience •confirmed the value those submarines could be in New Zealand’s defence, said the member of Parliament; for Marlborough, Mr D. L. Kidd. Insufficient - recognitionhad been given to a handful of British submarines. After sinking- the Belgrano they had kept the entire Argentine Navy out of the war. This was !a cost-effective '■
way of minimising British losses, he said.
But while the Royal New Zealand Navy had people queuing up to serve in a surface fleet, would the same apply to an underwater navy? There was a model on the overseas market which would meet New Zealand’s needs, he said. If the Vickers 2400 got built it was a likely prospect However, it would only be
in New Zealand's price range if there was a large produc-. tion run, pre-supposing widespread purchases, said Mr Kidd. In such circumstances, and equipped with an anti-ship-ping missile capability such as “Sub Harpoon” and the latest model torpedoes, it could give New Zealand an extremely cost-effective long-range deterrent capability.
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