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Written question asked by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 October 2011. It was answered by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 20 October 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


NATO

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to learn lessons from Operation Unified Protector (a) in general and (b) in relation to the capacity of the UK and other European NATO members to provide (i) air-to-air refuelling, (ii) intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft and (iii) sufficient stocks of precision-guided missiles.
Answer

The National Security Council is conducting a cross-Whitehall Lessons Identified exercise into operations in Libya. The Ministry of Defence routinely conducts lessons learned exercises as part of military operations. The lessons learned process for Operation Unified Protector will cover each of the areas mentioned.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
74844; 533 c1068W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Armed forces Armed conflict Libya
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk