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and will progressively replace Victor KIS;
the first converted
aircraft have already entered service.
Future Equipment
45. The new equipments due to enter service during the coming year
include the 105mm light gun; the Clansman range of combat net
radios; and the Blowpipe man-portable missile system for very-low-
level air defence of Chapter 17. Other equipments which are
expected to enter service in the coming year include:
a type 42 destroyer;
b.
three Type 21 frigates;
46.
C.
d.
three]strike/attack Jaguar squadrons; and
an additional Buccaneer squadron.
Work continues on a succession of new weapon systems to come
into service in the period up to the middle 1980s. Of outstanding
importance are HMS Invincible, the first of the new class of anti-
submarine cruisers, whose keel was laid in July 1973; a future main
battle tank, concept studies on which have been undertaken in
co-operation with the Federal Republic of Germany; and the Multi-Role
Combat Aircraft which has just entered a further stage of development
and is eventually expected to form about half the planned combat
front line of the Royal Air Force of Chapter 17. The Lance
tactical nuclear missile has been ordered from the United States.
Reinforcement and Mobilisation
47.
A thorough review of the United Kingdom's reinforcement and
mobilisation plans is being undertaken, and already a substantial
improvement in planned reaction times has been achieved.
isation and other measures to exploit available resources to the full
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