§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many nuclear missiles have been stationed in the United Kingdom since the United States-Soviet intermediate nuclear forces treaty came into effect; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonAt the time the INF treaty came into effect last summer there were 96 operational United States group-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs) at RAF Greenham Common and 16 at RAF Molesworth. Since then RAF Molesworth has been closed as a GLCM forward operating base and all the missiles removed.
Half the missiles from RAF Greenham Common will be withdrawn in late 1989; the rest will return to the United States in the first half of 1991.