France: Military Alliances
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New Storm Shadow and missile cooperation to boost jobs as UK and France reboot defence relationship, published on 09 July 2025, what UK Armed Forces equipment will be used in the 50,000 strong combined joint force.
Answered by Luke Pollard
Detailed planning of the Combined Joint Force (CJF), evolving from the currently existing Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF), is currently under way with French colleagues following the UK-France declaration announcement.
There is no specialised CJF equipment used, beyond the equipment used by the UK Armed Forces for any other deployment. The equipment used by the force would be determined by the mission at hand.
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