§ 85. Sir Geoffrey Johnson SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has on steps being taken by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to modernise its nuclear forces following the intermediate nuclear forces treaty banning land-based medium range weapons.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe Soviet Union is continuing to modernise its whole array of nuclear-capable forces
For details of the Soviet modernisation programmes I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter) on 22 March at column 101 and to the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1988".