As the Enhanced NZDF thread is too old for me to post on it, how about this?The NZDF thread can be found here and, I've always thought that there could be greater integration with the two militaries on procurement matters.
There is another country that I will add to my trifecta of Enhanced militaries in due course and, this may or may not be for a TL.
One thing I will add about our Kiwi brethren is that manning is a perennial issue for them, particularly their Navy.
The option of purchasing a third ANZAC frigate was extensively discussed, but was discounted in favour of a multi role vessel by the then Labor government (circa late 90s / early 2000s).
IIRC the RNZAF in the 1960s had 2 squadrons of Canberras. One was based in New Zealand and the other was part of the RAF's Far East Air Force and equipped with Canberras supplied by the British Government.
ITTL the British Government does not cancel the TSR2 and delays the "East of Suez" withdrawal until the middle of the 1980s. Therefore it supplies the RNZAF with enough TSR2s to re-equip the FEAF squadron and the NZ Government buys TSR2s to replace the Canberras in the home based squadron instead of the Skyhawks it bought IOTL. Meanwhile the RAAF buys 50 TSR2s built in Australia for a one-to-one replacement of its Canberras instead of the OTL F-111 purchase.
I know that's near an ASB level of plausibility but I couldn't resist it.
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