Oldmanrant (@Oldmanrant)

#Wales #Space #Telescopes #Radar 'Plans to develop a major space radar station in Wales have been confirmed by the UK government. Known as the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability or Darc, the Welsh site will be part of network of ground-based radars in Australia, Britain and the United States providing "global space monitoring" and the ability to track objects in deep space. The Welsh Darc will be built at the Cawdor Barracks near St David's in Pembrokeshire - formerly known as RAF Brawdy - which is currently home to 14 Signal Regiment, a specialist electronic warfare unit. In 2016 the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the barracks would close no earlier than 2028 and the regiment would redeploy. Last year the UK Tory government announced Cawdor as the preferred location for the UK's contribution to Darc, and that plan has now been confirmed by the Labour government in Westminster...' https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/huge-space-radar-station-built-29717929