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Navy: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Royal Navy’s land-attack missile capability.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
10 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Royal Navy’s land-attack missile capability.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Royal Navy has a potent land attack capability, equipped to strike from above, on, and beneath the water. This includes Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles launched from the Astute Class Submarines, Paveway IV precision guided bombs carried by the F-35B air...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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