Entente frugale
HMS Kent (foreground) escorts the French carrier de Gaulle
Shared support of the British and French Airbus A400M aircraft fleets has been proposed.
Entente frugale is a term for cooperation between the British and French governments, particularly in military procurement, which is driven by cost constraints, which was announced in November 2010[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] as part of the Lancaster House Treaties.
The name is a wry reference to the Entente Cordiale of 1904.[8]
Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU, and two thirds of research and development.[9]
Proposed activities
- Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, with land, sea, and air components[10]
- Cooperation on the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft: The French armed forces may pay to use an Airbus A330 MRTT if there is spare capacity.[11]
- Possible cooperation in Afghanistan[12]
- Cooperation on aircraft carriers: Interoperability improvements, so warplanes from either country (F-35C Joint Strike Fighters and French navy's Dassault Rafales) could use each other's aircraft carriers.[10][13]
- Joint development of new technologies for nuclear submarines
- Shared support for A400M fleets, including training[5][10]
- Sharing of military communications satellites
- Cyber security
- Mine countermeasures
- Coordination of nuclear tests, and cooperation between Aldermaston and Valduc.[2]
- Unmanned air vehicles, including the BAE/Dassault Telemos
See also
References
- ↑ "BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: The entente frugale". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- 1 2 "England und Frankreich schließen enge Militärkooperation - Nachrichten Print - DIE WELT - Politik - WELT ONLINE". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
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- ↑ "Entente Frugale « LRB blog". 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ ""Entente frugale" ruft Spötter auf den Plan - Rüstung - derStandard.at " International". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- 1 2 "Comment: UK/France defence pact spells a tale of two cities". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Mac on... The Entente Frugale". Daily Mail. London. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "FT.com / Europe - Cameron and Sarkozy seek entente cordiale". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Misstro blir vänskap när pengarna inte räcker - Världen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "" Entente frugale " entre Paris et Londres - Les blogs du Diplo". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- 1 2 3 "UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation". Number10.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "L'Europe de la défense est franco-britannique - ce n'est pas une première". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Afghanistan: l'Europe, combien de divisions ?". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Joint carrier operations, UAV developments in UK/France defence pact". Retrieved 2010-11-10.
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