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Thursday, February 04, 2010

UK calls for greater European defence cooperation


Britain said on Wednesday its armed forces faced tough choices to adapt to an age of austerity but said greater defence cooperation, including with other European nations, could help make stretched budgets go further.

A government discussion paper on the future of the military acknowledged Britain could not afford to pursue all of its current defence activities while supporting operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere and investing in new systems.

"We will need to do things differently in the future and prioritise some activities over others. Hard choices and important decisions lie ahead," Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth wrote in the paper.

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