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German rockets. It flies at a low altitude, using a radar guidance system which matches the terrain below with a map system in the missile. Cruise is thus supposed to be able to land within a few feet of its target.

Only around 20 feet long, the missile has a range of about 2,000 miles. To hit the Soviet Union, Cruise has to be fired from Western Europe.

Britain will take delivery of 160 Cruise missiles; Germany 108, and Italy 96. They will be kept at storage bases until a time of crisis. Then they will be dispersed on launchers the size of a large trailer and fired from the roadside.

These missiles will be completely under United States' control.

In addition to Cruise, the is placing in West Germany around a hundred of its short-range Pershing rockets, which have a range of about 1,000 miles.

The precise cost of the missiles and launchers has not been made known, but it is believed to be about £1,000m. Cruise is a 'cheap' weapon.

The United States air force is also paying some f4,000m for airlaunched Cruise missiles.

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