Defence written question – answered at on 29 January 2014.
Rehman Chishti
Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) what his long-term plans are for UK Reaper drones operating in Afghanistan;
(2) what consideration he has given to re-locating UK Reaper drones from Afghanistan to the US;
(3) what his policy is on the decommissioning of UK Reaper drones after 2014;
(4) what plans he has for the relocation of UK Reaper drones from Afghanistan after the conclusion of NATO operations at the end of 2014.
Philip Dunne
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
It is our intention to retain the Reaper capability for contingent purposes following the end of operations in Afghanistan. However, no final decisions have yet been taken on its future basing options.
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