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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

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guide weapons to surface targets from a distance.)

1. Rapier

This low-level surface-to-air weapon system is already

in service with the Royal Air Force Regiment. By the end

of the year four squadrons equipped with Rapier will

have been formed in RAF Germany for airfield defence.

Lasers

j.

Laser ranger equipment for Jaguar and Harrier

aircraft is expected to enter service during the year.

k. United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment (UK ADGE)

The UKADG 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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