Their aim was to organise joint defence if they come under attack.

他们的目标是在遭到攻击后进行联合防御。

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The two countries are preparing to revamp their joint defence guidelines for the first time in 17 years.

两国准备17年来首次修改它们的共同防卫大纲。

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The aim, commanders now admit, was to have many "different flags on coffins" at the start of a war, so as to ensure that Allies could not dodge their commitment to joint defence.

指挥官们现在承认它成立的目的将是在战事之初“棺材上覆盖着各国国旗”，从而确保各盟国不会逃避它们集体防御的义务。

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He adds that east Europeans, keen on NATO's security umbrella, will never trust joint European defence as long as they have lingering suspicions that it is a French scheme to weaken NATO.

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"We have got to be clear that the requirement for the carriers is part of a joint requirement for defence as a whole, and the effect they provide is a joint effect, not a maritime effect in isolation, " he said.

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This is not a deal that Mr Papandreou likes, since Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, has just proposed that the two formerly hostile neighbours should make a joint agreement to cut defence spending.

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