UK Advances Space Defence with New Radar Site in Wales

Published on August 13, 2024

The UK government has approved a plan to locate a new long-range ground-based radar (DARC) in Wales as part of the trilateral AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the UK, and the US. According to an August 7 statement from the UK Ministry of Defence, one of the three DARC radar stations will be located at Cawdor Barracks in Pembrokeshire.

This decision is an essential step within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by AUKUS Defence Ministers in September 2023.

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