France and British military co-operation...ish

I suspect it may also be that as the world shrinks and weapons grow, France and England are forced to accept their proximity.

I don't have a great grounding in military history but as I understand it, just a century ago you basically had to be within visual range of each other to have a meaningful fight, using swords and guns and cannons and trebuchets (I did tell you my military history was ropey, right?). Civilians 10 miles up the road would be feeling the economic effects of their country being at war but were unlikely to be hit by shrapnel at that distance.

Whereas if we were attempt to nuke France off the face of the planet, the south-east of England could well suffer fallout, and vice versa.

Unlike India and Pakistan who have sabre rattled their nukes at each other in the past

Theres a scary thought! At least it's a good source of revenue for our arms industry, every cloud...

Which side of the road will the tanks drive? Its going to be interesting, I had a job once testing fuses for nukes when i was an apprentice, bet they use the same technology these days.

Cannot apply for new jobs as i cannot speak french, lol.

well the British ones will be stuck in the depot, because they'll have the wrong air filters for French Soil, so will require a

Let's not forget that before the start of the Kosovo campaign, it was a French Colonel who gave notice to the Serbians that they was about to be bombed!!!

If we are going to share our military with the French, what about our intelligence.

That was a bump and a half

Well I don't think that's too much of an issue, both UK military intelligence laptops have probably been lost in the back of taxis.

My favorite story from Kosovo though was about the Russian troops deployed there, who hadn't been paid for months, and were having to forage for food and steal chickens. Not exactly Tom Clancy is it?