BALTIC STATES: ARMED FORCES

7th November 2016

Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British armoured component is planned for the NATO deployment to the Baltic states.

Mike Penning, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: Our Framework Battalion in Estonia will be a defensive, but combat capable force, and is likely to include armoured Infantry equipped with Warrior armoured fighting vehicles, tactical UAVs, and a troop of our Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks.

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