HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 cc398-9W
40. Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is Her Majesty's Government's response to the policy of the West German Government to the modernisation of short-range nuclear weapons.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

At the recent summit all NATO countries, including West Germany, agreed that for the foreseeable future there would need to be deployed in Europe land, sea and air-based nuclear systems, including ground-launched missiles. They also agreed that to remain effective these systems would have to be kept up to date where necessary.

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