Lord Moonie – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Moonie on 2016-01-18.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Hellfire missiles were fired (1) in training, and (2) on operations, in each year from 2008 to 2015, and what platforms they were mounted on.
Earl Howe
Hellfire missiles are used by RAF Reaper Remotely Piloted Air Systems and Army Air Corps Apache helicopters.
For the Reaper Force, the Air Vehicles have been continuously deployed on Operations over the requested timescale. Consequently, there have been no missile rounds fired in Training from RAF Reaper. The following table details Hellfire missile firings from RAF Reaper on Operations in Afghanistan
(2008-14) Iraq (2014-15) and Syria (2015).
|
Year (Jan-Dec) |
UK Reaper Hellfire rounds fired on Operations |
|
2008 |
16 |
|
2009 |
32 |
|
2010 |
58 |
|
2011 |
100 |
|
2012 |
104 |
|
2013 |
94 |
|
2014 |
93 |
|
2015 |
258 |
For the Apache Force the following table details Hellfire missile rounds fired by Financial Year from Apache Helicopters in Training.
|
Year (Jan-Dec) |
UK Apache Hellfire consumption in Training |
|
Apr 07 – Mar 08 |
14 |
|
Apr 08 – Mar 09 |
18 |
|
Apr 09 – Mar 10 |
32 |
|
Apr 10 – Apr 11 |
48 |
|
Apr 11 – Mar 12 |
26 |
|
Apr 12 – Mar 13 |
37 |
|
Apr 13 – Mar 14 |
16 |
|
Apr 14 – Mar 15 |
29 |
The Apache Force have fired a total 1578 Hellfire missiles on Operations in Afghanistan (FY 07-08 to 14-15) and Libya (FY11-12). However, the nature of the records held means that this total number cannot be accurately broken down by Financial Year.
