§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many anti-ballistic missile defence systems capable of use against strategic ballistic missiles are deployed world-wide, where they are located; how many launchers are involved; and what is his Department's assessment of how soon other states will be capable of deploying such defences. [24599]
§ Mr. George RobertsonRussia has the only deployed strategic ballistic missile defence system. This has up to 100 launchers in the vicinity of Moscow. No other state is known to be developing such systems.