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Written question asked by Ann Winterton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 March 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 23 March 2007. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Thursday, 29 March 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the acquisition costs were of (a) the unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the UK in Afghanistan and (b) the coalition unmanned aerial vehicles to which the UK has operational access in Iraq.
Answer

The acquisition costs of the Desert Hawk mini unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the UK to Afghanistan were around £1.8 million. We do not comment on the costs of equipment acquired by coalition partners such as the unmanned aerial vehicles to which we have access in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
458 c1671-2W; 130024
Session
2006-07
Related items
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Monday, 25 June 2007
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Link
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