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Why are UK and France so close?
The UK and France are Europe's two largest military powers, both nuclear-armed and with global reach. This makes them natural partners for complex operations like Exercise Rhino Titan. Their defence relationship, formalised in the 2010 Lancaster House Treaties, focuses on shared security interests and interoperability, despite occasional political differences.
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