Military Exercises
(asked on 8th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assets were involved in the Triplex Warrior exercise from (a) the UK, (b) NATO members and (c) non-NATO members in the (i) 2015 and (ii) 2014 exercise; what facilities in the North Sea were defended in the exercise; and if any maritime patrol aircraft took part.
The following assets were involved in the exercises Android Preference in 2014 and Triplex Warrior 2015:
2014 Ex Android Preference | 2015 Ex Triplex Warrior | |
RAF | Typhoon Tornado E-3D Sentry Sentinel Voyager Hawk UK Air Surveillance and Control System | Typhoon Tornado E-3D Sentry Sentinel Voyager Hawk UK Air Surveillance and Control System Chinook |
Navy | Sea King Type-45 | Nil |
Army | Nil | Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) |
NATO | United States Air Force (USAF) F-15C USAF F-15E USAF 321st Special Tactics Squadron Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-16AM | USAF F-15C USAF F-15E USAF KC-135 USAF F-22A USAF C-17 USAF F-16C USAF HH-60G RNLAF F-16AM
|
Non-NATO | Nil | Nil |
No facilities were defended in the North Sea as the exercises used simulated military targets which did not physically exist.
No maritime patrol aircraft took part in the training.