§ Mr. Robert Howarthasked the Minister of Aviation to what extent the evaluation of the comparative performances of the United Kingdom Red Top and the United States Sidewinder missiles has now shown advantages possessed by the British missile.
§ Mr. MulleyRed Top in its primary role is undoubtedly superior to Sidewinder; for security reasons I cannot be more specific. However, comparative evaluation of Red Top and Sidewinder as secondary armament for Phantom aircraft has shown that their performance would be roughly equivalent in this particular rôle.