748. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 10 March 2015, in view of the fact that the United States of America air force itself describes the EC-130H as an airborne tactical weapon system using a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe and that its primary function is electronic warfare, suppression of enemy air defenses and offensive counter information, the reason he can accept assurances that it was unarmed and did not form part of military exercises or operations when it landed in Shannon on 28 February 2015, without prior permission. [11994/15]

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748. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 10 March 2015, in view of the fact that the United States of America air force itself describes the EC-130H as an airborne tactical weapon system using a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe and that its primary function is electronic warfare, suppression of enemy air defenses and offensive counter information, the reason he can accept assurances that it was unarmed and did not form part of military exercises or operations when it landed in Shannon on 28 February 2015, without prior permission. [11994/15]

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