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RAF Buchan downgraded
[Posted July 26.]
It was announced in the House of Commons on 9th July that RAF Buchan is to be downgraded. The drawdown of Buchan has been confirmed with only 14 personnel remaining, 78 fewer than had been first planned. Only the radar head will remain by November 2004 with the final manning level implemented by April 2005. RAF Buchan opened in 1953 as a GCI ROTOR Station. Sub Brit visited RAF Buchan in March 2002:
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/b/buchan/
The service currently provided by RAF Buchan will be transferred to RAF Boulmer in Northumberland when the present refurbishment has been completed. RAF Boulmer is currently celebrating it's 50th anniversary.
It has also been announced that RAF Oakhanger in Hampshire, the satellite communications base will be closed as an RAF station and be taken over by Paradigm Services, a commercial company.
Source: RAF News 25 July.
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Kirknewton Regional HQ - Demolition started
[Posted July 23.]
The former Regional War Room at Kirknewton (Scotland) is now being demolished.
A small gallery of photos is available here:
Kirknewton Regional HQ
Bet they will take quite a few days to flatten it !!
Gavin Scobie (Subbrit Member)
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Cold war plan to bury atomic bombs in Germany
[Posted July 17.]
Britain had secret plans at the height of the cold war to bury nuclear landmines in parts of Germany to thwart a Soviet attack, it emerged yesterday.
The 10 proposed devices would have had the combined explosive power of more than five Nagasaki A-bombs, resulting in craters more t
1000
han 180 metres (600ft) deep and would have spread radioactive contamination across vast areas of the countryside if detonated.
The weapons, codenamed Blue Peacock, were to be left buried or submerged and detonated by a wire from up to three miles away or by an eight-day clockwork timer.
They were also to be fitted with anti-handling devices which meant that if gunfire pierced the hull or the weapon was moved or filled with water, it would detonate in 10 seconds.
Full Article see: THE GUARDIAN
An illustrated article by David Hawkins can be found HERE
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