HC Deb 10 November 1988 vol 140 c302W
Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information he has on measures the Warsaw pact is taking to modernise its nuclear and conventional forces.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The most recent and comprehensive account of the modernisation of the Warsaw Pact's conventional and nuclear forces can be found in chapter 6 of this year's statement on the Defence Estimates (Cm. 344–I). As the statement makes clear, there has been no let-up in the Soviet Union's military modernisation programme, despite improvements in East-West relations.