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EXCLUSIVE: UK urges Germany to pacify @realDonaldTrump’s anger at feeble European defence spending by investing in strengthened railways & bridges that could be used by @NATO troops in a crisis. @NATO package in @thetimes today ahead of this week’s summit
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This UK-Germany @NATO story was on the front of @thetimes for first edition last night but then lots of #breakingnews was committed...
Awesome mega-graphic in @thetimes that sets out the disparity in defence spending between the United States and every other @NATO member, UK included. Hardly surprising @realDonaldTrump is frustrated...
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@Jeremy_Hunt “The UK probably has better connections across the globe than nearly any other country. But we cannot depend on sentiment or affection to be relevant to others. Nor should we assume that because of past achievements others will have an interest in our future success.”
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EXCLUSIVE: GPs for @BritishArmy @RoyalNavy & @RoyalAirForce warn that chronic IT failures at military medical practices are putting lives at risk. They accuse @DefenceHQ of refusing to acknowledge problem despite raising alarm since 2016.
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FRIGATE FARCE UPDATE: Decision to suspend competition for Type 31e frigate is more about uncertainty over #MDP & @DefenceHQ budget than compliance of bids. Serious doubt about whether ships will materialise, while 2023 delivery date is “cloud cuckoo land”
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REMEMBER: These are “Fallon frigates”. Michael Fallon as defence secretary trumpeted Type 31e budget warship as his answer to stopping surface fleet shrinking when Type 26 became too expensive to buy all 13 ships required. Many said a credible £250mln warship was a pipe dream 1/2
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I had the opportunity to attend the #NATO-Industry Forum in Berlin yesterday and the day before, and to moderate the session on autonomy in warfare. A few observations (thread)
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EU-NATO relations were a big topic, with lots of discussion of the European Defence Fund, PESCO, etc. Everyone, including EU commissioner @EBienkowskaEU and Gen Sec Stoltenberg emphasised that Europe's defence efforts are complementary and not in competition with NATO...
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It appears that not only the US president is unclear about what the NATO 2% GDP guideline actually means. So let me spell this out: (thread)
In 2002, NATO agreed it would be a good idea if all NATO members spent about 2% of their national GDPs on their defence capabilities. Why 2%? No particular reason other that it sounded about right, and wasn't too far from actual spending while lower than Cold War spending.
By 2014, the security situation in Europe had deteriorated quite a lot, as Russia annexed Crimea.
When NATO members met in Wales that year, they decided to reaffirm the goal of having all members spend 2% on their national defences.
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#Iran will follow & is expected to deny any access to #IAEA inspectors to any nuclear facility in the country and re-open closed nuclear facilities.
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