§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for Army mechanised training in the Spadeadam area. [16833]
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§ Mr. SoamesIt is expected that individual Army units, including mechanised units, will continue to make some limited use of the facilities at RAF Spadeadam.
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the dates, locations and types of equipment used in deployments of electronic warfare threat simulator equipment outside the Spadeadam range boundaries since December 1994. [16818]
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is as follows:
Location Type of equipment 1995 1996 Dumfries Skyguard 20–21 November — South Wales Skyguard 8–12 May — JETS 8–12 January — Aberporth Skyguard 15–21 January — 6–10 February — 13–17 March — Brownside Skyguard 3–7 April — JETS 18–22 September — T43 3–7 April — 18–22 September — Brunton Skyguard 10–14 July — T43 19–20 July — Otterburn Skyguard 19–21 July 1–5 September 2–6 September JETS 2–6 September T43 10–14 July — Deployments in the low flying monitoring role or for public relations are excluded from the table.
§ Mr. FoulkesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) the US-owned equipment withdrawn by the United States of America, (b) the new US-owned equipment installed and (c) the new United Kingdom-owned equipment installed at the Spadeadam range over the last three years. [16824]
§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is as follows:
- (a) The US-owned equipment withdrawn consists of:
- AN-MSR T4 TRAINS (Threat Reaction Analysis System); and
- AN-MST-T1(V) Mini-MUTES (Multiple Threat Emitter System) systems.
- (b) No new US-owned equipment has been installed.
- (c) Two additional UK-owned Skyguard Radars have been declared operational.