UK and Germany to sign landmark ‘defence’ treaty

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*** and Germany to sign landmark ‘defence’ treaty

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*** Defence Secretary John Healey and his ******* counterpart Boris Pistorius in July

Britain and Germany will sign what the *** government is calling a “landmark defence agreement” aimed at boosting security, investment and jobs.

Under the agreement, ******* defence company Rheinmetall will open a new factory in the *** to manufacture barrels for artillery guns – supporting 400 jobs.

Both countries will work together to develop drones and a new long-range missile.

******* maritime surveillance aircraft will also periodically fly patrols of the North Atlantic from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland.

Labour promised to build closer military ties with Germany while in opposition and this is part of a wider push by this government to reset relations with key ********* allies post Brexit.

The ******* Ambassador to the ***, Miguel Berger, said the ********* Commission will have a very strong focus on defence in the next five years, and there is space for the *** to be involved.

“Obviously the question is – what can the role of the British defence industry and of the capacities of the ******* Kingdom be in this ****** endeavour?” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

The *** already has a defence pact with France –

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signed in 2010 by David Cameron and Nicholas Sarkozy – but this is the first with Germany.

Germany and the *** are the two largest defence spenders in Europe and the biggest ********* military donors to Ukraine.

Defence Secretary John Healey said it was a “milestone moment”, bringing the two countries’ militaries and defence industries closer.

In reality the two nations already co-operate as members of the Nato alliance.

In a ****** venture, they are also building new tanks and armoured vehicles for the British Army, Germany’s Rheinmetall and the ***’s BAE Systems-formed RBSL to manufacture the Boxer armoured fighting vehicle and the latest Challenger 3 tank in Telford, Shropshire.

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The Forge Shop at Sheffield Forgemasters, which will produce steel for a new factory in the *** that will produce barrels for artillery guns

Under the new Trinity House Agreement, Rheinmetall will build a factory in the *** to produce barrels for artillery guns – something the *** stopped doing more than a decade ago.

The site for the factory has not yet been announced, but the Ministry of Defence (MOD) says it will support more than 400 jobs and use British steel produced by Sheffield Forgemasters.

The steelmaker was recently acquired by the *** Government. The first artillery **** barrels are expected to roll off the production line in 2027.

The Trinity House Agreement also includes a commitment to develop a new long-range missile, which the MOD says will be more precise and can be fired further than any current systems – the ***’s Storm Shadow and Germany’s Taurus. Unlike the ***, Germany has refused to supply Ukraine with its Taurus cruise missile.

The *** and Germany will further co-operate on developing drones that might be able to fly alongside Typhoon jets operated by both countries.

******* P8 maritime surveillance aircraft will periodically operate out of RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland to help patrol the North Atlantic. Other Nato allies have been doing the same for a number of years.

There is also a promise to bolster the defence of Nato’s eastern flank; both the *** and Germany have already sent hundreds of troops to the Baltic states as part of Nato’s enhanced defence plans following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said the agreement would strengthen Europe and Nato.

“We must not take security in Europe for granted,” he said, adding the projects being undertaken would be open to other partners.

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