§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if NATO's nuclear protection will extend to external threats to the new entrant countries from Eastern Europe. [3914]
§ Dr. ReidThe security safeguards provided by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, including the supreme guarantee of security provided by the strategic nuclear forces of the Alliance, applies to all members of NATO and will continue to do so.
§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish NATO's nuclear plans. [3928]
§ Dr. ReidNATO's nuclear forces are not targeted at any country. It is the practice of all Allies not to reveal details of the Alliance's contingency nuclear planning. To do so would damage the Alliance's deterrence posture.