§ Mr. Quentin DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions, in each of the last six months, RAF aircraft patrolling the(a) northern and (b) southern no-fly zones in Iraq have been fired on; on how many occasions coalition forces have retaliated; and what targets have been destroyed as a result. [115913]
§ Mr. HoonDuring the six months from October 1999 coalition aircraft have been fired at by surface-to-air missiles or anti-aircraft artillery on over 200 occasions in both the northern and southern no-fly zones. Coalition forces responded in self-defence to these and other threats on some 50 days against almost 90 targets related to the Iraqi air defence network.