Operation Redfold

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Operation Redfold
Part of Brexit
Type Military aid to the civil authorities

Operation Redfold is a defence contingency plan of the United Kingdom designed to guide military aid to civil authorities in the event of a generalised emergency arising during the post-Brexit period. [1] It is the military planning programme of the civilian-led Operation Yellowhammer. [2]

United Kingdom Country in Europe

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign state, the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The United Kingdom's 242,500 square kilometres (93,600 sq mi) were home to an estimated 66.0 million inhabitants in 2017.

Brexit The United Kingdoms withdrawal from the European Union

Brexit is the scheduled withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Following a June 2016 referendum, in which 51.9% voted to leave, the UK government formally announced the country's withdrawal in March 2017, starting a two-year process that was due to conclude with the UK withdrawing on 29 March 2019. As the UK parliament voted against or failed to ratify the negotiated withdrawal agreements, that deadline has been extended three times, and is currently 31 January 2020.

Operation Yellowhammer is the codename used by the UK Treasury for cross-government civil contingency planning for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. In the event of exit with no-deal, the UK's unilateral departure from the EU could disrupt, for an unknown duration, many aspects of the relationship between the UK and European Union, including financial transfers, movement of people, trade, customs and other regulations. Operation Yellowhammer is intended to mitigate, within the UK, the effects of this disruption, and would be expected to run for approximately three months. It has been developed by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS), a department of the Cabinet Office responsible for emergency planning.

Up to 3,500 personnel of the British Armed Forces have been contingently tasked with support of Operation Redfold, of which about 350 are reservists. [3] It was reported in The Times in September 2019, that a large contingent of the 3,500 strong force would be drawn from the Royal Military Police. [4] Upon activation, operational activities will be headquartered in the Pindar complex, according to media reports, [5] but command and control would be co-ordinated from a bunker in MoD Whitehall. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ministry sets up bunker command centre for no-deal Brexit". Irish Times . 21 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Brexit: MoD prepares for no-deal in Whitehall bunker". BBC News . 21 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Op Redfold: MOD Activates No-Deal Brexit Nerve Centre". forces.net. Forces Network. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Ripley, Tim; Urwin, Rosamund (29 September 2019). "No-deal Brexit: British soldiers prepare for action in Calais lorry parks" . The Sunday Times. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Cooper, Charlie (21 March 2019). "UK sets up Brexit bunker to coordinate troop deployments in event of no deal". Politico . Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "MoD hosts no-deal planning in bunker". BBC News. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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