§ 66. Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Defence what new aircraft are being developed or purchased or for which specifications are being prepared which will provide the Royal Air Force over the next 15 years with adequate reconnaissance capability.
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§ Mr. MillanI would refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 2nd June about our plans for all weather reconnaissance at the end of this decade. In addition, the P 1127 is planned to have a day photographic reconnaissance capability. At this stage in the current Defence Review it is not possible to detail our additional reconnaissance plans for the following decade but, for example, the variable geometry aircraft we are studying with the French would probably have a reconnaissance capability.