Visiting RAF Fylingdales

It was an amazing privilege to visit the UK Space Command base at RAF Fylingdales as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme.

RAF Fylingdales, near Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors, provides a continuous ballistic missile early warning service to the UK and US Governments, ensuring a surprise missile attack cannot succeed.

The RADAR is capable of tracking objects including satellites and debris, 3000 miles into space, and approximately 320 Service Personnel, Ministry of Defence Police, and civilian staff work on site.

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