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 Thursday, 20 July 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether an evaluation of the experience of dealing with the TMRP-6 mine in Bosnia has been carried out in the context of the emergence of explosively formed projectile mines in Iraq.

Answer: The Ministry of Defence has an established process to review operational experiences, which provides the primary mechanism whereby we can translate lessons and best practice into enhanced capability. Lessons learned from our experience of the TMRP-6 have been evaluated and where appropriate implemented. However, we must be careful not to generalise conclusions drawn from one specific threat as the improvised threats we currently face on operations are not easily characterised.

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