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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 May 2007. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 May 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Helicopters: Peace Keeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Lynx helicopters have been taken out of service (a) to update counter measures, (b) to fit electronic counter measures and (c) to fit infra red jammers in the last five years.
Answer

No Lynx helicopters have been taken out of front-line service to be modified. They have been modified during scheduled maintenance activities, or during planned modifications programmes that work around the deployment and training requirements.We do not comment in detail about the defensive systems fitted to our aircraft in order to safeguard our personnel serving on operations.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
137377; 460 c1190W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan Lynx helicopters
Link
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