Planned defence cuts threaten the future of the Vanguard class of Trident nuclear submarinesBritain And France May Share Nuclear Deterrent -- The Independent
Joint submarine patrols were rejected by Brown before the election, but they are now seen as an answer to defence cuts.
The possibility of a "shared" UK-French nuclear deterrent is set to be on the agenda of a summit between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy in London this autumn.
A politically explosive proposal for joint Franco-British nuclear-submarine patrols – an idea sunk without trace in the recent past – has been brought back to the surface by the draconian defence cuts in both countries.
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