Strategic Defence Review and spending plans for the Royal Navy
The Royal Navy will become a ‘hybrid navy’ with uncrewed vessels operating alongside traditional warships. What does this mean and how will it be funded?
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Franco-British Defence Co-operation (138KB PDF)
The UK and France agreed a series of measures intended to enhance defence co-operation between both country’s armed forces, including the signing of two new defence treaties, at the latest bilateral summit on 2 November 2010. The treaties have been labelled by a number of analysts as ‘historic’, in particular for the implications of co-operation in the nuclear sphere.
This note provides a brief summary of historical UK-French defence co-operation, the main elements of the two new defence co-operation treaties and some initial reactions to the proposals that have been set out.
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Franco-British Defence Co-operation (138KB PDF)
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