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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

U.K.'s F-35B Decision a Blow to Franco-British Defense Cooperation

[F-35B Lightning II]French President-elect François Hollande has hardly had time to savor his victory in the May 6 election in which defense issues were barely mentioned before they have risen up to slap him in the face.

The slap has been administered by France's closest defense ally in Europe: Great Britain, with whom, you may remember, France signed an historic defense cooperation pact, known as the Lancaster House Treaties, in November 2010.

This accord was to lead to greater cooperation and inter-operability between the two nations; but the volte face by the U.K. government over its choice of the version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for its future aircraft carriers means that plans to be able to use each other's aircraft carriers will have to be scrapped.

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