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<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) regularly consults with the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and other Government Departments and intelligence agencies, as well as our
allies and partners, constantly to review or identify potential threats to UK Overseas
Territories (UKOTs). In the first instance the MOD seeks to deter such attacks using
deterrence measures including, where necessary, permanently based military garrisons
or dedicated patrols, visits by deployed military forces, and more broadly the maintenance
of world class deployable military forces. Should deterrence fail to prevent an attack,
the Department remains confident that it has the necessary contingency plans and high
readiness deployable forces in the UK and elsewhere to respond accordingly to any
attack on a UKOT.</p>
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