Lance Missile Replacement (Hansard, 20 February 1989)

HC Deb 20 February 1989 vol 147 c441W 441W

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if has received any notification from the United States Defence Department on the replacement of Lance missiles with the multiple-launch rocket system missile.

Mr. Archie Hamiliton
The United States announced its choice of the M270 multiple-launch rocket system (mlrs) as a launcher for a successor missile to Lance to NATO's high level group on 5 December, publicly confirming this decision the following day. A nuclear missile for the launcher has not yet been selected. The choice of launcher and missile are national United States decisions; NATO has not yet agreed to the deployment of a Lance successor.