§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence in what year the Su-25 Frogfoot entered service with the Warsaw pact.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonProduction of the Su-25 Frogfoot began in 1980. We assess that the first units became operational in the conventional role in the USSR in 1981. Subsequently, the aircraft was used operationally in Afghanistan.
§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence in what year the Su-25 Frogfoot is assessed to have acquired a nuclear capability.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonAll Soviet ground-attack aircraft have a potential nuclear delivery capability. The Su-25 Frogfoot entered operational service in 1981 in the conventional role, but was not assessed by NATO to have acquired a nuclear capability until 1988.