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already entered service.
Further aircraft will be
delivered in 1975-76. As the Victor K28 enter service,
the K1 force will be progressively run down.
g.
Harriers
As an important part of our continuing programme to enhance the capability of this aircraft, all front- line Harriers have now been fitted with a more powerful
version of the Pegasus engine.
h.
Martel
Both the anti-radar
and television-guided
versions of this air-to-surface guided weapon are in or
entering service with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force,
and deliveries are continuing. Martel provides Buccaneer
aircraft with a stand-off capability (i.e. the ability to guide weapons from long range against surface targets).
1. Rapier
This low-level surface-to-air weapon system is already
in service with the RAF
By the end
Regiment.
of the year four squadrons equipped with Rapier will
have been formed in RAF Germany for airfield defence.
1.
Lasers
Laser ranger equipment for Jaguar and Harrier aircraft is expected to enter service during the year.
k.
United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment (UKADGE)
The UKADGE radar, reporting and control system has been improved by the completion of the Air Defence Data Centre at
Three outlying Sector Operation/Control and
West Drayton.
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