Question follow-through · 32801

Ukraine: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Gravehawk air defence system recently supplied to Ukraine in countering Russian aerial threats.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 25 Feb 2025
Answer: 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Gravehawk air defence system recently supplied to Ukraine in countering Russian aerial threats.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
Gravehawk is a bespoke air defence system rapidly developed for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and jointly funded by the United Kingdom and Denmark. Designed to be capable of engaging air threats in Ukraine, it was tested in the UK prior to transfer to...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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