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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Britain to create joint naval force with nine European countries as ‘complement’ to Nato

HMS Dragon alongside at the upper harbour ammunition facility
The new multinational maritime force will not include the US, where Donald Trump has described the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers as ‘toys’. Photograph: LPhot Helayna Birkett/UK MoD crown copyright

Britain has agreed to create a unified naval force with nine European countries to deter future Russian threats from the “open sea border” to the north, the head of the Royal Navy has announced.

Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins said that despite the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, where the strait of Hormuz remains closed after the US-Israeli war in Iran, “Russia remains the gravest threat to our security”.

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