Entente frugale

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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]

The name is a wry reference to the entente cordiale.[8]

Together, France and the UK account for half of all military spending in the EU, and two thirds of R&D.[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

  1. ↑ "BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: The entente frugale". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "England und Frankreich schließen enge Militärkooperation - Nachrichten Print - DIE WELT - Politik - WELT ONLINE". Retrieved 2010-11-10. "fru" 
  3. ↑ "Entente Frugale « LRB blog". 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  4. ↑ ""Entente frugale" ruft Spötter auf den Plan - Rüstung - derStandard.at " International". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Comment: UK/France defence pact spells a tale of two cities". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  6. ↑ "Mac on... The Entente Frugale". Daily Mail (London). 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  7. ↑ "FT.com / Europe - Cameron and Sarkozy seek entente cordiale". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  8. ↑ "Misstro blir vänskap när pengarna inte räcker - Världen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  9. ↑ "" Entente frugale " entre Paris et Londres - Les blogs du Diplo". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation". Number10.gov.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  11. ↑ "L'Europe de la défense est franco-britannique - ce n'est pas une première". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  12. ↑ "Afghanistan: l’Europe, combien de divisions ?". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 
  13. ↑ "Joint carrier operations, UAV developments in UK/France defence pact". Retrieved 2010-11-10. 

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