HC Deb 05 March 1992 vol 205 cc282-3W
Mr. Foulkes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the number of unidentified supersonic radar contacts detected in the vicinity of RAF Machrihanish since January.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

There have been no unidentified supersonic radar contacts detected in the vicinity of RAF Machrihanish since January.

Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the recent hypersonic flights from RAF Machrihanish; whether consent for such flights by United States aircraft is required from his Department; and what assessment he has made of the effects that might be experienced by people on the ground as a result of flights at Mach 3.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

There have been no such flights from RAF Machrihanish.

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