HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 cc406-7W
Mr. Harry Greenway

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what missile system is planned to defend the fleet from aerial attack at medium and long ranges in the 1990s and into the next century.

Mr. Sainsbury

The United Kingdom is currently engaged in two parallel projects aimed at meeting this requirement, the NATO anti-air warfare system (NAAWS) and the European family of anti-air missile systems (FAMS). We are pleased with the progress of both these projects, but are not yet in a position to indicate a preference between the two.