Defensive Aids Suites

Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2006, Official Report, column 704W, on defensive aids suites, what defensive aids suites were carried by UK Hercules aircraft in Afghanistan in 2002.

Mr. Ingram
The following defensive aids, in a variety of combinations, were employed on Hercules aircraft in Afghanistan in 2002:

Missile Approach Warning System

Radar Warning Receiver

Countermeasures Dispensing System

Infra Red Counter Measure