HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 cc402-3W
65. Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the extent of United Kingdom involvement in simulated nuclear war fighting in the recent Wintex staff exercise.

83. Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the extent of United Kingdom involvement in simulated nuclear war fighting in the recent Wintex staff exercise.

90. Mr. Bernie Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the extent of United Kingdom involvement in simulated nuclear war fighting in the recent Wintex staff exercise.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Exercise Wintex-Cimex is a NATO-wide command post-exercise conducted by Alliance members. Its objective is to test command, control and consultation plans and procedures and to exercise the appropriate crisis management machinery which would be used in the defence of NATO countries in times of international tension and war, including a nuclear phase. Details of the scenario and the precise involvement of individual participants are classified.