Nia Griffith – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nia Griffith on 2014-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department defines the necessary level of human control for the operation of systems such as the Phalanx system in automatic mode.

Mr Philip Dunne

Systems such as Phalanx are part of the multi-layered defence for our Units, which are governed by the appropriate Command decision processes employing Rules of Engagement authorised by the Ministry of Defence.