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Mr. Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish figures showing the trends in rates of production of tactical combat aircraft by Warsaw pact countries since 1983.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
Tactical combat aircraft are produced by the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Poland. The aircraft manufactured by the east European countries are mainly combat capable trainers. The Soviet aircraft industry is dominant, both in terms of the volume of output and the capability of the aircraft being produced.
| Estimated annual production of tactical combat aircraft by Warsaw pact countries, 1983–1989 (including combat capable trainers) | |
| Number of aircraft | |
| 1983 | 1,000 |
| 1984 | 1,000 |
| 1985 | 950 |
| 1986 | 1,000 |
| 1987 | 1,000 |
| 1988 | 925 |
| 1989 | 875 |