HL Deb 18 December 1986 vol 483 c353WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they consider that the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, strictly interpreted, allows "research right up to feasibility" of all ABM systems and components of systems or radars intended for use in an ABM mode (whatever their "physical principle") if "feasibility" is understood in its ordinary sense, which would include development and testing.

Baroness Young

I refer the noble Lord to the discussion of this question in the reply given by my noble friend the Minister for Defence Procurement to the noble Lord's Unstarred Question on 10th December.