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CEPA op-ed flags foreign ownership risk to UK defence mobilisation

CEPA's Phil Tinline writes Britain's Strategic Defence Review would let the state mobilise private and commercial assets in a crisis, but asks how much UK defence industry sits in foreign ownership, noting rising European wariness of reliance on US arms contracts.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA analysis, 30 April 2026

What the source does not establish. This op-ed does not establish what share of UK defence industry is foreign owned; no figure is given.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. No move: opinion flags foreign ownership risk to UK defence mobilisation; binding 1, scale 2.. European Sovereignty Index

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