Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 November 1990. It was answered by Lord Hamilton of Epsom (Conservative) on Monday, 19 November 1990 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Written question

Question

Whether the agreements in START differentiating strategic from tactical air to surface missiles have any relevance to United Kingdom policy on TASM; if the UK will limit the range of its proposed tactical air-to-surface missile so that it will not be defined as strategic according to current START rules.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

181 c13W

Session

1990-91

Subjects

Arms control Strategic nuclear weapons START talks Tactical nuclear weapons