Britain looks to Germany to bolster its military in new defense pact

Rheinmetall is getting a good deal out of this, but they are very well integrated within the U.K. anyway” said Ed Arnold, who has tracked the bilateral relationship at the London-based Royal United Services Institute think tank. ... The pact marks a “strong foundation” for boosting cooperation in the future, Arnold said, including on jointly researching long-range missile technology. ... “[The pact] creates a lot more U.K.-German touch points both bilaterally and through NATO in areas where the two sides are strong already,” said Arnold.