A new use for an R3 Bunker
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A new use for an R3 Bunker
Nuclear bunker raid finds £1m cannabis farm - BBC News
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A large-scale cannabis factory has been found in an underground former nuclear bunker, Wiltshire police have said.
Several thousand cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £1m were seized in a raid on RGHQ Chilmark.
Several thousand cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £1m were seized in a raid on RGHQ Chilmark.
Three men, aged 15, 19, and 37, all of no fixed abode, were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production.
A further three men, aged 27, 30 and 45, all from Somerset, were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production and human trafficking offences.
A further three men, aged 27, 30 and 45, all from Somerset, were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production and human trafficking offences.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I bet they were weeds but certainly made a hash of it
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I served at Chilmark a while ago.....still trying to figure out where this `bunker` is/was. 11MU covered 3 sites due to the nature of what was stored there....I can only guess this was on the `domestic` site
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As it was built in the 1980's, I doubt if it was an R3 'Rotor' type.
The ROTOR Project | TheTimeChamber
As it was built in the 1980's, I doubt if it was an R3 'Rotor' type.
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Not quite sure what this thread has to do with military aviation.
The same subject is in Jet Blast at http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/5913...ibis-farm.html
The same subject is in Jet Blast at http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/5913...ibis-farm.html
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M, I know that, it was the OP who cited Boulmer's R3.
H&F, about as relevant as the ticking bomb on the clock thread. AFAIK Boulmer was a military aviation facility.
MPN, you bad boy subverting the military aviation thread.
H&F, about as relevant as the ticking bomb on the clock thread. AFAIK Boulmer was a military aviation facility.
MPN, you bad boy subverting the military aviation thread.
Subterranea Britannica: Research Study Group: Sites: Chilmark
As it was built in the 1980's, I doubt if it was an R3 'Rotor' type.
The ROTOR Project | TheTimeChamber
As it was built in the 1980's, I doubt if it was an R3 'Rotor' type.
The ROTOR Project | TheTimeChamber
Three (I think) R3 bunkers were modernised to R3A standard, which provided protected cover for the power generators and their fuel. they were Boulmer, Neatishead and Sandwich (Ash). Only the Boulmer bunker remains in use.
The R3A update provided Full NBC filtering and EMP protection, unlike the original design which was intended to give protection against a hit by conventional HE bombs.
The sheer scale of the Rotor project was staggering. I also understand there are at least three GCI bunkers in NATO that were built to R3 deign.
The R3A update provided Full NBC filtering and EMP protection, unlike the original design which was intended to give protection against a hit by conventional HE bombs.
The sheer scale of the Rotor project was staggering. I also understand there are at least three GCI bunkers in NATO that were built to R3 deign.
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And, of course, the Area Radar School was underground in RAF Sopley's underground hole, shared with Southern Radar.
It was a weird environment ... glad I never had to spend a full tour in one of them.
It was a weird environment ... glad I never had to spend a full tour in one of them.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Don't forget the R4 bunkers - used as regional HQs as the delegation of duties to SOCs rendered their planned AD role obsolete.
Did my FC training in the bunker at Bawdsey and tours in the prerefurbishment bunkers at Boulmer and Buchan before doing the IUKADGE OCU at Ash and then a tour at the refurbished R3 at Neatishead. Then I had a short tour in the WWII bunker at Bentley Priory in the very brief existence of SOC UK before a tour in the bunker at HW at the UKCAOC.
Thinking about it, I spent about over half my RAF career as a troglodyte.
Did my FC training in the bunker at Bawdsey and tours in the prerefurbishment bunkers at Boulmer and Buchan before doing the IUKADGE OCU at Ash and then a tour at the refurbished R3 at Neatishead. Then I had a short tour in the WWII bunker at Bentley Priory in the very brief existence of SOC UK before a tour in the bunker at HW at the UKCAOC.
Thinking about it, I spent about over half my RAF career as a troglodyte.