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Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 July 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 July 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Military Vehicles

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of whether the improvised explosive device attack at Haditha, Iraq in 2006, on the amphibious assault vehicle operated by the US Marine Corps has implications for (a) the design of British armoured personnel carriers and (b) other British Army force protection measures.
Answer

We have established links with coalition partners in Iraq to exchange details of terrorist incidents, successful or otherwise, in order to identify lessons for tactics, platform design and capability development. We do not comment publicly on specific incidents or conclusions for reasons of operational security.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
82513; 449 c348-9W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk