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Operation Redfold launched in the UK

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(B2) The British military are fine-tuning their preparedness in the event of 'no deal', details the string Skynews. The hypothesis of a hard Brexit is no longer theory today. Code name for this new kind of operation: Redfold

3500 soldiers on alert

No less than 3500 soldiers have thus been placed on alert, in particular to be able to supply certain points in the country. A military team of 200 people is thus ready to drive fuel tankers to service stations if necessary. Military bases have been requisitioned to be able to park trucks waiting for customs checks.

Planners and budget cleared

Around XNUMX military planners have been involved in the planning of this event for several months with other ministerial departments, in particular the Cabinet of the government and the Ministry of Enterprises. The defense has already spent at least £23m to store food, fuel, spare parts and ammunition "on bases, located in the United Kingdom or abroad (Cyprus in particular), " in case supply circuits are disrupted “, specify our colleagues Deborah Haynes and Beth Rigby.

The 'Pindar' bunker activated under the Ministry of Defense

The armed forces even activated “ a team in a nuclear-proof bunker, named Pindar, placed in the basement, of the main building of the Ministry of Defense in Whitehall “Details the British channel, which is sensational. " It is the facility used by the armed forces in times of war or national emergency. In fact the crisis management center of the Ministry of Defense... just in case!

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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