A new factory, reconnaissance air missions and cooperation on the development of drones and long-range cruise missiles are among the facets of the deal struck in London.
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00:00Germany and the United Kingdom have signed what's being called a landmark deal on defence.
00:05The Trinity House Agreement will see German arms manufacturing giant Rheinmetall set up
00:11a new factory in the UK to create barrels for artillery guns. That should create around
00:17400 jobs. The two countries are also going to work on joint cooperation to develop the
00:22next generation of cruise missile. Germany currently operates the Taurus cruise missile,
00:28the UK the Storm Shadow. They want to improve both the range and the accuracy of those weapons.
00:35Now there's also talk about cooperation on developing a drone that can fly alongside
00:39the Typhoon jet that both countries operate. And there's also, away from the development
00:45of weaponry talk, that the agreement will see German reconnaissance aircraft stationed
00:51at RAF bases in Scotland to patrol the North Atlantic.