Daily Mail: Former nuclear weapon's storage base dubbed one of Britain's most secret places is revealed amongst the autumn leaves in stunning aerial photographs
* RAF Barnham is hidden away in west Suffolk and once held half the country's nuclear arsenal during Cold War
* The former site was built for maintenance of the Blue Danube, Britain's first free falling nuclear atomic bomb
* Some 200 personnel, ranging from scientists to military guards, were based at the isolated storage spot
* In present day, the disused watchtowers stand derelict and decaying overlooking a forest of autumn trees
Hidden between autumnal trees in an isolated location lies derelict buildings in what was one of Britain's most secret - and deadly - places.
Stunning aerial photos reveal a former nuclear weapons storage site once home to dozens of atomic bombs kept during the Cold War.
RAF Barnham is hidden away in a quiet corner of west Suffolk, where half of the country's nuclear arsenal was kept in the 1950s.
Nestled among foliage and at the end of a branch of footpaths are the entrances to the former storage facilities, known as hutches, for the fissile core of the nuclear weapons.
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WNU Editor: From the above photo the nuclear storage site that once housed half of the U.K.'s nuclear arsenal looks very small.
1 comment:
The UK nuclear arsenal was always quite small.
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