HC Deb 20 December 1988 vol 144 c248W
Mr. Rooker

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the balance of conventional forces.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The most recent assessment of the balance of conventional forces in Europe is given in the NATO document "Conventional Forces in Europe: the Facts", a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. This confirms that the Warsaw pact currently enjoys numerical superiorities over the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation of about 3:1 in tanks and artillery and 2:1 in combat aircraft.

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