§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Ynys Môn of 12 February, Official Report, column 184, if any replacement is to be provided for the long-range anti-tank weapons, currently mounted on the FV438 vehicle, which are to be withdrawn; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. LamontThere will be no immediate replacement for the Swingfire missile mounted on the FV438 vehicle. We shall have the option of replacing it with the long range TRIGAT missile when it becomes available in the mid-1990s, but it is too early to say what the precise deployment of LR TRIGAT will be.