Showing posts with label nuclear weapons U.K.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear weapons U.K.. Show all posts

Monday, November 19, 2018

This RAF Base Once House The U.K.'s Nuclear Arsenal


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.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

America Removes Nuclear Weapons From Britain After 50 Years

Workers at Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, begin disassembling a B61 gravity bomb by separating it into its major subcomponents (the weapon has a total of 5,919 parts). The bomb's warhead is in the section directly behind the nose.


From The Telegraph:

The Federation of American Scientists, which monitors the US atomic weapons arsenal, said the inventory held at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk had been shut down. The airbase has been home to US nuclear weapons since 1954.

Report author and weapons expert Han Kristensen said the information had been confirmed by several official sources.

The withdrawal of the B61 bombs marks a strategic shift in the US defensive posture.

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My Comment: This unilateral decision is a surprise. I guess the decision has been made that they do not serve a purpose anymore.