Defence Forces Equipment.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 November 2004

Wednesday, 17 November 2004

Questions (72)

Phil Hogan

Question:

96 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Defence the surface to air weaponry capabilities that are available to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28762/04]

Written answers

Minister for Defence (Mr. O’Dea)

The Defence Forces possess a range of Air Defence assets, including radars for detection and weapons systems. With regard to radars, the Defence Forces have one Giraffe mobile air defence radar with a range of up to 40 km and eight Flycatcher mobile air defence fire control radars with a range of 20 km. On Air Defence weapons, the Defence Forces have 24 Bofors L70 air defence guns. These weapons are controlled directly by the Flycatcher radars. They also have six Bofors RBS missile launchers for use with the Giraffe radar.

Question No. 97 answered with QuestionNo. 60.

Question No. 98 answered with QuestionNo. 84.