§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to figure 4 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates", how many of the(a) Frog, (b) SS-21 and (c) Scud, Soviet sub-strategic nuclear missile launchers are deployed in areas from which they can hit targets in western Europe.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe continuing restructuring of Soviet forces and the continuing withdrawal of elements of these from eastern Europe complicate the assessment of the current deployment status of these launchers. However, the mobility of these systems means that large numbers of them could rapidly be brought within range of the NATO area.