§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes have been made to the equipment of RAF Aird Uig following the recommendations on Royal Air Force tactical communications equipment set out in paragraph 82 of Cm 228, "Implementing the Lessons of the Falklands Campaign: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the Defence Committee, Session 1986–87".
§ Mr. NeubertThe report in question and the Government's response to it covered military communications over extensive distances between the United 677W Kingdom and the south Atlantic in 1982. These have now been improved in a number of ways. The equipment at RAF Aird Uig is a NATO facility designed to support maritime operations over much shorter distances in the north Atlantic. This equipment meets with NATO requirement. There have been no recent changes to it nor are any planned in the immediate future.