To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is seeking to acquire further multiple-launch rocket systems for the UK Armed Forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is seeking to acquire high mobility artillery rocket systems for the UK Armed Forces.

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13 September 2022, to Question 45720.

Due to the decision to recapitalise the M270 fleet and increase their numbers in line with Integrated Review 2021 outcomes, there are no plans to procure High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS). The recapitalised M270 MLRS platform will fire: Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS); Extended Range GMLRS (ERG); the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM); and the Land Precision Strike (LPS) missile.

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