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Not sure what so offended anyone that the previous thread was closed. However the process marches on, see below. I have added a separate link at the end to the list. Items 19 and 20 put a very large question mark over Anglo-French military programmes and seem sto eliminate any possibility of UK participation in and future aircraft programme.
Interesting that Ireland has signed up as well, always having refused to join NATO.
EU to unveil military pact projects
Notification on Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
Interesting that Ireland has signed up as well, always having refused to join NATO.
EU to unveil military pact projects
Notification on Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
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Simplifying and standardizing cross border military transport in Europe for
enabling rapid deployment of military materiel and personnel.
enabling rapid deployment of military materiel and personnel.
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As I said, it is points 19 and 20 which seem to eliminate the UK participating in future European projects...
“19. Ensure that all projects with regard to capabilities led by participating Member States make the European defence industry more competitive via an appropriate industrial policy which avoids unnecessary overlap.
20. Ensure that the cooperation programmes - which must only benefit entities which demonstrably provide added value on EU territory - and the acquisition strategies adopted by the participating Member States will have a positive impact on the EDTIB.”
“19. Ensure that all projects with regard to capabilities led by participating Member States make the European defence industry more competitive via an appropriate industrial policy which avoids unnecessary overlap.
20. Ensure that the cooperation programmes - which must only benefit entities which demonstrably provide added value on EU territory - and the acquisition strategies adopted by the participating Member States will have a positive impact on the EDTIB.”
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Based on the text in the article, it most likely does involve aviation since all of the EU and NATO have taken the Joint Forces approach in one form or another.
An intervention force will tend to be air-land by default, and air-land-sea depending upon the location of the intervention.
Perhaps the harder question is the following: in what language will the ground element commander call for close air support from a section of tactical aircraft arriving on a given day? The details will be worked out, or not, as this proposal goes from concept to implementation.
(Not "as a mod," just happened to see this while checking in).
French President Emmanuel Macron took a major step toward his grand plan of a European military intervention force.
Perhaps the harder question is the following: in what language will the ground element commander call for close air support from a section of tactical aircraft arriving on a given day? The details will be worked out, or not, as this proposal goes from concept to implementation.
(Not "as a mod," just happened to see this while checking in).
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If one takes the bus out to Zaventem airport, the bus stops at a large development where large numbers of military officers badly disguised as civilians alight. With the introduction of a European Army, will this establishment become redundant and then be converted into a shopping mall?
One suspects that is not the case. The poor people of the EU are going to have to shell out a bit more tax to pay for the new buildings, additional staff officers and an equally large army of civil servants.
One suspects that is not the case. The poor people of the EU are going to have to shell out a bit more tax to pay for the new buildings, additional staff officers and an equally large army of civil servants.
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“19. Ensure that all projects with regard to capabilities led by participating Member States make the European defence industry more competitive via an appropriate industrial policy which avoids unnecessary overlap.
Will Germany make SSC and MBT? Will France make ACV and FJ? Who will make the rifles, Germany or Belgium? What will the Irish make?
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Q What will the Irish make?
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These languages automate greatly information exchange across various folks and military forces and alleviate, to a considerable extent, the "babylon tower" problem, which is quite applicable across Europe.
But if data links are damaged (jammed, nodes destroyed, etc) then, as you correctly envision, the whole bunch of language problems pops out.
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“Even if” data links are damaged? Oh the fun of ADat-P3 different data dictionaries, Link 11 navy/identities and moving DLRPs, haphazard L-16 J message implementations...... that’s before you get to Geodetic datums and differing Lat & Long position reporting formats where the link didn’t support the format.
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Brexit will accelerate European defence integration to the detriment of NATO. UK was always US stooge against further European defence. With the UK out of Europe (and US sidelined by Trump lunacy), France/Germany will be able to form their own defence and diplomatic policy.
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Well that will make a change from the last century or five ..
The uks policy in Europe has been to stop a European power achieving continental dominance ..
watching the French and Germans trying to work together militarily, at arms length could be the most amusing thing for decades
The uks policy in Europe has been to stop a European power achieving continental dominance ..
watching the French and Germans trying to work together militarily, at arms length could be the most amusing thing for decades
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As the Germans have 4 times the number of MBT than France which has 4 times the number of Italy, you can see where that argument would go.
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The more they change PESCO the more it seems to duplicate NATO - and to what purpose?
Further, they would appear to want others to join based on what they can bring to the table - but insist on keeping all the positive elements to the EU members - specifically all funding and defence procurement as in the links above, and now any voice in the say of an organisation they suggest they would like the UK, Canada or the USA to join. The article below suggests their incentive would be access to procurement contracts. However, based on PESCO’s charter as given in the previous links that would be extremely naive to believe......
https://www.politico.eu/article/euro...lux-countries/
The EU’s new military pact should be opened up to countries outside the bloc — such as the U.S., Norway and the U.K. — after Brexit, according to a proposal to be discussed by European defense ministers next month.
The idea — put forward as a “food for thought paper” by Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands — would, if implemented, erode the EU exclusivity of the military cooperation forum. But it offers another way besides NATO to keep Britain, in particular, engaged in European security structures after next year. The U.K. is the biggest military spender of the current 28 EU countries and a rare one able to project force into distant combat zones. This proposal opens a path for Britain, or another so-called third country, to take a role in future EU military initiatives, including in an EU rapid reaction force.
The two-page document, titled “Third state participation in PESCO projects,” states: “Certain PESCO projects can benefit from participation by non-EU countries in terms of providing capacities, specific expertise or financial contributions that are useful for either capacity development or operations.” It proposes that third countries “be invited by the participating Member States of a PESCO project acting unanimously and on a case-by-case basis.”........
The document, which was obtained by POLITICO, has the backing of 10 other EU member countries: Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Portugal, Sweden and Finland...... The Benelux proposal lays out conditions under which the participation of a non-EU country would be considered: specific expertise or assets, economies of scale, and a financial, operational or capacity contribution to the project. But it states that “a third state will not be involved in any decision making in relation to general PESCO matters.”......
A Dutch diplomat stressed, though, that the Benelux proposal is bigger than Britain or Brexit: “It’s not only the U.K. We work a lot with Norway that could contribute, but also the U.S., Canada or Switzerland.”........
Further, they would appear to want others to join based on what they can bring to the table - but insist on keeping all the positive elements to the EU members - specifically all funding and defence procurement as in the links above, and now any voice in the say of an organisation they suggest they would like the UK, Canada or the USA to join. The article below suggests their incentive would be access to procurement contracts. However, based on PESCO’s charter as given in the previous links that would be extremely naive to believe......
https://www.politico.eu/article/euro...lux-countries/
The EU’s new military pact should be opened up to countries outside the bloc — such as the U.S., Norway and the U.K. — after Brexit, according to a proposal to be discussed by European defense ministers next month.
The idea — put forward as a “food for thought paper” by Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands — would, if implemented, erode the EU exclusivity of the military cooperation forum. But it offers another way besides NATO to keep Britain, in particular, engaged in European security structures after next year. The U.K. is the biggest military spender of the current 28 EU countries and a rare one able to project force into distant combat zones. This proposal opens a path for Britain, or another so-called third country, to take a role in future EU military initiatives, including in an EU rapid reaction force.
The two-page document, titled “Third state participation in PESCO projects,” states: “Certain PESCO projects can benefit from participation by non-EU countries in terms of providing capacities, specific expertise or financial contributions that are useful for either capacity development or operations.” It proposes that third countries “be invited by the participating Member States of a PESCO project acting unanimously and on a case-by-case basis.”........
The document, which was obtained by POLITICO, has the backing of 10 other EU member countries: Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Portugal, Sweden and Finland...... The Benelux proposal lays out conditions under which the participation of a non-EU country would be considered: specific expertise or assets, economies of scale, and a financial, operational or capacity contribution to the project. But it states that “a third state will not be involved in any decision making in relation to general PESCO matters.”......
A Dutch diplomat stressed, though, that the Benelux proposal is bigger than Britain or Brexit: “It’s not only the U.K. We work a lot with Norway that could contribute, but also the U.S., Canada or Switzerland.”........
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