France’s does often seem to be a sticking point (SAFE, FCAS, Mercosur, etc.) but it may not matter. I believe the UK again needs a tactical deterrent, but most of our industrial capacity for those materials are already committed to the refresh of the strategic deterrent. Even with much needed financial support from new partners, it will require a minor miracle to do it in a reasonable amount of time.
Whatever the arrangements with the nukes are we will have to learn the cold war’s escalation management. We need tactical war heads and conventional deterrents. That’s how you prevent wars.
The comment related to the EU defence agreement will be open to the UK if we pay. We must not pay the EU any money - bilateral agreements or a few small multi-laterals are fine with like minded states. France still wants to harm the UK - read history which provides 100's of years of evidence.
France’s does often seem to be a sticking point (SAFE, FCAS, Mercosur, etc.) but it may not matter. I believe the UK again needs a tactical deterrent, but most of our industrial capacity for those materials are already committed to the refresh of the strategic deterrent. Even with much needed financial support from new partners, it will require a minor miracle to do it in a reasonable amount of time.
Whatever the arrangements with the nukes are we will have to learn the cold war’s escalation management. We need tactical war heads and conventional deterrents. That’s how you prevent wars.
The comment related to the EU defence agreement will be open to the UK if we pay. We must not pay the EU any money - bilateral agreements or a few small multi-laterals are fine with like minded states. France still wants to harm the UK - read history which provides 100's of years of evidence.