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What if France and the United Kingdom had decided to begin an alliance of sorts in 1956, as a weaker and less ridiculous version of the 1956 Franco-British Union proposal? They could collaborate on nuclear energy and weapons, with the British being their knowledge and infrastructure, with the French bringing raw materials and financing (British Magnox and French UNGG reactors are quite similar). The costs of developing various other technologies and projects could also be split between the two countries, and working together they would be able to establish a larger market for commercial aerospace projects and other initiatives to better compete with the Soviet Union and United States.