§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will further elucidate the meaning of the word inherent in the sentence in note 2 to figure 11 of the Defence Estimates 1984 about the intercontinental capability of the Soviet Backfire and the United States FB111.
§ Mr. StanleyThe term inherent refers to the fact that both the FB 111 and the Backfire bombers would have an intercontinental or strategic capability if refuelled in flight.