UK signs Europe army vehicle deal

UK signs Europe army vehicle deal

Britain is to join a multi-million pound European project to build 2,000 new army vehicles. The development will create thousands of jobs in France, Germany and the UK and is set to last into the next century.

The vehicles will replace the existing Scimitar vehicles widely used in Bosnia and the Gulf War. The announcement follows meetings last week with the French and German governments at which it was also decided Britain would join the European Armaments Agency. Britain has been contributing to the agency for several years and is now fully committed to join.