Speeches

Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24285, how many times (a) Brimstone missiles, (b) Hellfire missiles and (c) Paveway IV guided bombs were deployed against targets in Iraq between 2 December 2015 and 29 January 2016.

Penny Mordaunt

The number of weapons fired by each weapon type in Iraq during the period requested is shown below:

Weapon Type

Number of weapons fired at targets in Iraq

Hellfire

39

Dual Mode Seeker Brimstone

15

Paveway IV

230