HC Deb 03 March 1977 vol 927 cc271-2W
Mr. Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish up-to-date figures, relating to the military balance between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, corresponding with those shown in figures (1) and (2) of the White Paper, Command Paper No. 6432.

Mr. Mulley

The ratios for the military balance on NATO's central front are unchanged from last year's White Paper (Cmnd. 6432). As regards the balance of ready forces in the Eastern Atlantic, there is no change in the sub- marine ratio, and the combat aircraft ratio is about the same at 1: 1.4. However, the surface ship ratio has reverted to the 1975 position of 1:1.7.