Written question asked by Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 8 September 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 September 2015. It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 September 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Military Exercises

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets were involved in the Triplex Warrior exercise from (a) the UK, (b) NATO members and (c) non-NATO members in the (i) 2015 and (ii) 2014 exercise; what facilities in the North Sea were defended in the exercise; and if any maritime patrol aircraft took part.

Answer

The following assets were involved in the exercises Android Preference in 2014 and Triplex Warrior 2015:

	2014 Ex Android Preference	2015 Ex Triplex Warrior
RAF	Typhoon Tornado E-3D Sentry Sentinel Voyager Hawk UK Air Surveillance and Control System	Typhoon Tornado E-3D Sentry Sentinel Voyager Hawk UK Air Surveillance and Control System Chinook
Navy	Sea King Type-45	Nil
Army	Nil	Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC)
NATO	United States Air Force (USAF) F-15C USAF F-15E USAF 321^st Special Tactics Squadron Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-16AM	USAF F-15C USAF F-15E USAF KC-135 USAF F-22A USAF C-17 USAF F-16C USAF HH-60G RNLAF F-16AM
Non-NATO	Nil	Nil

No facilities were defended in the North Sea as the exercises used simulated military targets which did not physically exist.

No maritime patrol aircraft took part in the training.

Secondary information