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NATO: Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the NATO anti-submarine warfare barrier smart defence initiative.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress has been made on the NATO anti-submarine warfare barrier smart defence initiative.

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Smart Defence Initiative is one part of our portfolio of work to maintain operational advantage in the underwater domain. Subject to Strategic Defence Review outcomes it will be deployed alongside other fixed and crewed systems and will be complimente...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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