UK and France Order More Cruise Missiles, Pledge Nuclear Cooperation

The UK and France will agree to strengthen their cooperation on nuclear deterrence, formally declaring a willingness to coordinate any response to an extreme security threat in Europe.

The two nuclear-armed members of the UN Security Council will highlight deeper defense ties during meetings between UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday in London. They will also order more of the conventionally armed Storm Shadow cruise missiles that they’ve been supplying to Ukraine and accelerate efforts to develop a next-generation replacement for the weapons, according to a statement from the British defense ministry.