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Paris /Â AFP
Despite voting to leave the EU, Britain is deepening defence ties with France, agreeing to pool missile development research centres in a step presented on Thursday as “historic”.
European countries have been slow to pool arms know-how, fearing an erosion of their sovereignty.
The deal announced at a Franco-British defence council in Paris goes much further than the usual arms cooperation programmes, with Franco-British missile manufacturer MBDA setting up four joint centres for research in missile technology —two on either side of the Channel.