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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date Watchkeeper is expected to achieve full operating capability.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether the 54 Watchkeeper reconnaissance drones ordered by the Ministry of Defence in 2005 have yet entered service; and if not, why not.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government when they expect the Watchkeeper Programme to achieve Initial Operating Capability 2, previously expected to be achieved by April, and when they now expect Equipment Support Systems to be released to service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government when they expect the Thales Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle to come into full service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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