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      What is the future of UK-EU defence industrial cooperation in the post-Brexit environment?
      NATO is arguably over-complicated by the subordinate nature of the military structure to that of its political structure.
      Diego Garcia is one of the last British footholds ‘East of Suez’ and the last British possession in the Indian Ocean.
      While the announcement of a full-scale mock-up of a twin engine single-seater called Tempest at the Farnborough Airshow was widely reported, don't read too much into it.
      The UK's threat to establish an alternative to the Galileo satellite system is a clever Brexit bargaining position - but should be no more than than that.
      So great is the impact of larger aircraft carriers as a visible deterrent, they're often used as a geopolitical chess piece.
      The Type 26 Frigate, or 'City class', represents one of the most capable warships the Royal Navy has owned in decades, albeit one of the most costly.
      Recently, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar threatened to restrict access to Irish airspace for UK airlines in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
      The UK now fields only 227 main battle tanks, a far cry from the 900 or so strong inventory only a couple of decades ago.
      Russia is back, but you already knew that or you wouldn't be here.

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