§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the purpose of the operation at the Royal Artillery range, Hebrides, in September 1988, involving a West German Army helicopter.
§ Mr. NeubertThe helicopter referred to was a West German army CH 53 deployed in support of a British Army air defence demonstration held on 13 September 1988. The helicopter added realism to the demonstration by deploying a Javelin missile detachment and recovering them after the missile firing.