As I moved from the St Mawgan Nimrod fleet to the storage depot that took in the Navy Weapons …I was able to ask some questions -in that each WE 177 had its own service history …I was told that the storage facility had received some ex Op Corporate rounds in that showed some heat damage …but they were considered safe to move ….and I did the AWRE weapons safety course …..and they came back into service …the real problem the RAF had was ….targets known but not enough on site rounds immediately available for the targets allocated ….
on my last tour the decision was made that the storage area should be a secure area but the interested Officers should be briefed on site as to its role by an on site visit ..heavily guarded by live armed RAFP who were very capable ….and we did very regular 28 day no notice fire drills with the RAF fireman…..it did work …