§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has on the number of main battle tanks built by the Soviet Union in 1989; and what was the comparable figure for 1988.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonWe believe that the Soviet Union produced approximately 3,500 tanks in 1988. Preliminary estimates suggest that tank production in 1989 may have been reduced to about half that level.