HC Deb 22 January 2003 vol 398 cc327-8W
Patrick Mercer

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what problems of compatibility were experienced between British and US communications equipment during the US Department of Defence's Joint Task Force Exercise. [85651]

Mr. Ingram

Exercise Internal Look was a US `Command Post' exercise. The only communications equipment employed was Command and Control (C2) computer networks. Each nation employed national systems, which were not linked, and both also used a coalition C2 network which meant that compatibility problems were not an issue during the exercise.

Patrick Mercer

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops were involved in the US Department of Defence's Joint Task Force Exercise. [85658]

Mr. Ingram

Exercise Internal Look 03 took place in December 2002.

The number of United Kingdom personnel taking part in the exercise changed on a daily basis. About 830 were involved full-time for the majority of the exercise's duration.