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[]
- ↑ "BBC - Nick Robinson's Newslog: The entente frugale". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. https://archive.is/i2Bh. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "England und Frankreich schließen enge Militärkooperation - Nachrichten Print - DIE WELT - Politik - WELT ONLINE". http://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/politik/article10703862/England-und-Frankreich-schliessen-enge-Militaerkooperation.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10. "fru"
- ↑ "Entente Frugale « LRB blog". 2010-11-09. http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2010/11/05/jeremy-harding/entente-frugale/. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ ""Entente frugale" ruft Spötter auf den Plan - Rüstung - derStandard.at " International". http://derstandard.at/1288659383741/Militaerkooperation-GB-Frankreich-Entente-frugale-ruft-Spoetter-auf-den-Plan. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Comment: UK/France defence pact spells a tale of two cities". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/05/349372/comment-ukfrance-defence-pact-spells-a-tale-of-two-cities.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Mac on... The Entente Frugale". Daily Mail. London. 2010-11-03. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326054/Mac--The-Entente-Frugale.html?ito=feeds-newsxml. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "FT.com / Europe - Cameron and Sarkozy seek entente cordiale". http://cachef.ft.com/cms/s/47f1eb1a-e52c-11df-8e0d-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fcachef.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F47f1eb1a-e52c-11df-8e0d-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=#axzz14tGxGXAP. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Misstro blir vänskap när pengarna inte räcker - Världen - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt". http://www.sydsvenskan.se/varlden/article1286855/Misstro-blir-vanskap-nar-pengarna-inte-racker.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "" Entente frugale " entre Paris et Londres - Les blogs du Diplo". 2010-11-10. http://blog.mondediplo.net/2010-11-04-Entente-frugale-entre-Paris-et-Londres. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation". Number10.gov.uk. http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/statements-and-articles/2010/11/uk%E2%80%93france-summit-2010-declaration-on-defence-and-security-co-operation-56519. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "L'Europe de la défense est franco-britannique - ce n'est pas une première". 2010-11-10. http://www.armees.com/L-Europe-de-la-defense-est-franco,34063.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Afghanistan: l’Europe, combien de divisions ?". http://francois-d-alancon.blogs.la-croix.com/leurope-combien-de-divisions/2010/11/04/. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ "Joint carrier operations, UAV developments in UK/France defence pact". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/03/349260/joint-carrier-operations-uav-developments-in-ukfrance-defence-pact.html. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
External links[]
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