§ Lord Vivianasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which of the 104 capability requirements have now been met by European Union member states for the European rapid reaction force; and which are the remaining 40 capabilities which have yet to be achieved. [HL2793]
§ Lord BachEU member states have identified a pool of forces from which units could be drawn as necessary for EU-led operations. Forces would only be assembled for the duration of the mission. There is no standing European rapid reaction force.
Contributions from EU members have so far met 104 of the 144 capability targets and work is under way to address the remaining targets through the European Capabilities Action Plan. A list of the outstanding shortfalls is attached, although only about hal f of these are regarded as significant.
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- SHORTFALLS
- Air to Air Refuelling
- Attack Helicopter
- BDA (Operational Level)
- Carrier Based Air Power
- Civil Military Co-operation
- Combat Search And Rescue
- Cruise Missiles & Precision Guided Munitions
- Deployable Communication Modules
- Early Warning and Distant Detection Strategic Level
- General Cargo Aircraft
- General Cargo Shipping
- General Maintenance Engineering
- General Support Engineering
- General Support Logistics
- Headquarters (OHQ, FHQ, CCHQ) & Augmentees
- Light Infantry Brigade HQ & Augmentees
- Light/medium Armoured Companies
- Maritime Medical Evacuation Units
- Medical Collective Protection Role 3
- Medical Role 3
- Military Intelligence Units
- Military Police
- Multinational Joint Logistic Centre & Augmentees
- NBC
- Out Sized Transport Aircraft
- Press Info Group
- PSYOPS
- Recovery/Maintenance
- RO-RO
- Special Operations Forces
- Strategic ISR IMINT Collection
- Strategic ISR SIGINT Collection
- Support Helicopters
- Suppression of Enemy Air Defence
- Surveillance and Target Acquisition/Unmanned Air Vehicles
- Surveillance and Target Acquisition Units
- Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense
- Theatre Surveillance and Reconnaissance & Air Picture
- Theatre Surveillance and Reconnaissance & Ground Picture
- Transport Units
KEY Acronym Explanation BDA Battle Damage Assessment CCHQ Component Command Headquarters FHQ Force Headquarters HQ Headquarters IMINT Imagery Intelligence ISR Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance MN Multinational NBC Nuclear Biological Chemical OHQ Operation Headquarters PSYOPS Psychological operations RO-RO Roll On-Roll Off SIGINT Signal Intelligence