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Thu 02 Feb 2010Britain to seek other military alliances
MAJOR future military operations by the United Kingdom will have to be carried out in alliance with other states including France, the British government said, as it struggles to cope with an £800 billion (€916 billion) national debt.
However, the royal navy is to get a replacement for its Trident nuclear missiles and, most likely, two new aircraft carriers, defence secretary Bob Ainsworth told the House of Commons yesterday.
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