Anti-Ballistic Missile System

HC Deb 24 February 1972 vol 831 cc363-4W

Mr. Woof

asked the Minister of State for Defence what results have emerged from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisa tion Sub-Committee which was studying the possibility of establishing an antiballistic missile system for Western Europe.

Lord Balniel

In April, 1968, the Nuclear Planning Group of N.A.T.O. announced that, in their opinion, circumstances did not justify the deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system in Europe, but that developments in this field should be kept under constant review. That is still the position.