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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to invest
in the upgrade of the A400M aircraft for use in special operations; what lessons his
Department learned from the time taken to upgrade the C130J aircraft for that role
in terms of (a) foregone capability and (b) increased costs; what estimate he has
made of the (i) ability of the A400M to withstand an attack in comparison with the
C130J and (ii) comparative cost of keeping the C130J in service for this role and
introducing an upgraded A400M; and if he will make a statement.
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