§ Mr. Critchleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish a table giving the numbers of combat aircraft currently in service with the air forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
§ Mr. WellbelovedAn assessment of the military balance between NATO and the Warsaw Pact for all forces was given in Chapter 1 of the 1976 Statement on the Defence Estimates (Cmnd. 6432). This assessment is still largely valid.