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Old 20th Jul 2010, 21:03
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mick2088
 
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You should watch it, that's where rumours start. This just in:

Anglo-Franco joint maritime squadron to be formed
By Pip Pipity Pip

An unnamed source on an interwebby thing frequented by military flying people has exclusively revealed to Sheila's War Gazette that talks are underway about the formation of a joint Anglo-French squadron to undertake maritime patrol to provide crucial protection for French and British nuclear submarines.

An official MoD spokesman confirmed the rumours stating, "Stop making stories up and bugger off". An unnamed French navy official laughed at the rumour, replying in French with rude comments about the English .

Under the jointly-funded initiative, it is thought that the UK Royal Air Force's new Nimrod MRA4s will fly over the French coast, providing protection for the country's key strategic naval bases. In return, according to the unnamed French official, the French navy would send a couple of Atlantique maritime patrol aircraft over to England "if they can be arsed to".
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