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Defense Minister Fallon: Britain to Lead ‘High Readiness’ NATO Force

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Defense Minister Fallon: Britain to Lead ‘High Readiness’ NATO Force

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Jan 27, 2025

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Feb 5, 2015

Defense Minister Fallon: Britain to Lead ‘High Readiness’ NATO Force

By BBC and Reuters

From BBC:  The UK will play a lead role in a “high readiness” Nato force that will be established in Eastern Europe, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced.

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British figher jet intercepts Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber, Sept. 16, 2014

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Jan 29, 2015

British Fighter Jets Scrambled to Intercept Russian Bombers

By Kyle MacLellan, Reuters

British Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian Bear long-range bombers which had flown close to UK airspace, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Thursday.

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Paratroopers training in Northumberland, Dec. 2, 2014

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Jan 20, 2015

UK Considering Shrinking Army to 60,000, Says Former Minister

By Ben Farmer, Telegraph

Ministry of Defence officials are examining cutting the British Army to just 60,000 soldiers, a former coalition defence minister has claimed.

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Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama, Jan. 16, 2015

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Jan 16, 2015

David Cameron ‘Endangering Special Relationship with America’ by not Protecting Defense Spending

By Ben Riley-Smith, Telegraph

David Cameron will damage Britain’s special relationship with America if he fails to keep defence spending above 2 per cent of GDP, the UK’s former defence attaché in Washington DC has warned.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Oct. 29, 2011

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Jan 12, 2015

Canada Rebuffs Call To Join British-Led NATO-UN Force

By Murray Brewster, Canadian Press

Canada has quietly rebuffed a call from Britain to join a multi-national expeditionary force that Prime Minister David Cameron’s government was promoting in light of heightened tensions with Russia.

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HMS Ambush, July 15, 2013

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Jan 9, 2015

Britain Again Forced to Ask US For Help in Tracking ‘Russian Submarine’

By Victoria Ward, Telegraph

The Ministry of Defence has again been forced to call for US military assistance to help track a suspected Russian submarine spotted off the Scottish coast.

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USAF KC-135Es at RAF Mildenhall, March 20, 2003

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Jan 8, 2015

US Announces it Will Close 15 Military Bases in Europe

By Department of Defense

The Department of Defense announced today the consolidation of some U.S. infrastructure in Europe, including the return of 15 sites to their host nations.

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British soldiers in Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2014

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Jan 5, 2015

Britain May Cut Defense Spending Below NATO 2% Target

By Rosa Prince, Telegraph

A future Conservative government could cut spending on the Armed Forces to below two per cent of the country’s budget, David Cameron has admitted.

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Defense Industrialist

Dec 18, 2014

Devolving the Excesses of Jointness

By James Hasik

  Should the US follow the UK’s lead by seeking smaller scale in defense? On Wednesday afternoon the Atlantic Council hosted a talk by Philip Dunne, the British Minister for Defence Equipment, Support, and Technology—the MinDEST. As he himself noted, Dunne is Whitehall’s equivalent of the Pentagon’s Frank Kendall, the Under Secretary of Defense for […]

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Dec 17, 2014

Britain’s Choice: In or Out? A Conversation with Hugo Dixon

By Atlantic Council

On Tuesday, December 16, 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program hosted Reuters editor-at-large Hugo Dixon for a discussion of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union. The talk, entitled “Britain’s Choice: In or Out?” and moderated by Transatlantic Relations director Fran Burwell, examined domestic and international considerations surrounding a potential referendum in the […]

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