Brits Funding 'Significant' Defense Modernization.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Date: 01 November 2000

Unlike most European nations, the United Kingdom recently has been increasing its defense spending, according to Air Vice Marshall John H. Thompson, defence attache of the U.K. embassy to the United States. The money is going to fund a "significant" modernization of the British military force, Thompson told the ComDef 2000 Conference, in Washington, D.C. The United Kingdom does not plan to become "part of a pan-European Army," Thompson said. "For us, NATO remains the only game in town."

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