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Mr. Gale
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what collaborative equipment projects have been initiated within the countries of the Western European Union since 1983; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury
I have been asked to reply.The active part that WEU nations play in both intra-European and transatlantic collaborative defence equipment projects can be seen from table 8 in Volume 1 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates, 1987". In addition to those listed as
"In development of earlier study phases"
the M483A1 and MLRS phase 1 were initiated after 1983.
A further three projects have been launched since the statement was published:
- Modular Stand-Off Weapons (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, US)
- NATO Anti-Air Warfare System (Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US)
- Family of Air Missiles (France, Italy, Spain, UK)