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Telecommunications
22. The new Clansman range of combat net radios will begin to
enter service with training units during the year. Clansman
has better range, operational reliability and frequency coverage,
and is more compact than its predecessor.
Surveillance and Target Acquisition
23. A new ground surveillance radar (ZB 298) has entered service
with armoured reconnaissance and artillery regiments. Cymbeline.
a light-weight mortar-locating radar, has been introduced into
service with artillery regiments to replace Green Archer.
Meteorology
24. A modern system for providing meteorological data for artillery
and other users (AMETS) has now been introduced and will improve
first salvo effectiveness.
25.
Individual Protection in Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare
Detection of nuclear fall-out will be improved by the intro-
duction of new equipment to monitor radiation. A new over-garment
(together with improved equipment for detecting chemical agents)
will be introduced to give better protection against chemical attack.
26.
ROYAL AIR FORCE GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES
The General Purpose Forces of the Royal Air Force are organised
in three regional Commands: Strike Command (which includes all
front-line forces in the United Kingdom), RAF Germany and the
Near Fast Air Force (NEAF).
27. All operational aircraft in RAF Germany, most of those in
Strike Command and a part of the NEAF Canberra and Nimrod force in
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