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Cruise Missiles

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 95423

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Cruise missile of the future completes firing, published on 17 November 2024, how many trials have taken place for the SPEAR cruise missile since 17 Novem

Answered by Luke Pollard

A further trial of the Selective Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) 3 weapon system was conducted during the summer of 2025. A series of firings were conducted and built on the success and evidence gathered in the 2024 campaign.

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