questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's joint press release entitled New Storm Shadow and missile cooperation to boost jobs as UK and France reboot defence relationship, published on 9 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the principle of co-ordination of the UK-French nuclear deterrents on the effectiveness of the UK’s independent continuous at sea deterrent.
answerText: The possibility of coordinating UK and French independent nuclear deterrents adds a further level of strategic ambiguity, complicating the calculations of potential aggressors. Any adversary threatening the vital interests of our nations should know that ...
heading: France: Military Alliances