Airborne Early Warning System

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:29 pm on 18 December 1986.

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Photo of Mr Tam Dalyell Mr Tam Dalyell , Linlithgow 7:29, 18 December 1986

The Secretary of State for Defence stressed the importance of a vital secure data link. Does he agree with the chairman of GEC who said in a broadcast at 5 pm that in three years' time Nimrod will be much better? In the view of the right hon. Gentleman's ministerial experts would GEC have solved the problem of the secure data link within three years? That is a purely factual question but it is important in terms of judgment.