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LONDON — Europe’s two nuclear-armed powers will strike a deal today to share warhead-testing facilities as the leaders of Britain and France finalize plans for unprecedented cooperation on defense and security.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold talks in London and pledge a new era of collaboration — seeking to bolster ties but also to spread the hefty costs of defense as their economies recover from the global financial crisis.
The continent’s two largest military powers also will announce the formation of a joint expeditionary force, a pool of about 5,000 troops able to deploy together at short notice on peacekeeping, rescue or combat missions.
