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US Bases in the UK - Steve - 03-03-2022 ‘Deceitful activities’: US expands its intelligence and military presence in UK The US is quietly preparing to upgrade its presence in Britain in moves with huge implications for UK security and vulnerability in an international crisis…. Upgrading US air bases in the UK would enable Washington to intercept international communications and launch military strikes from Britain more quickly and with more devastating effect. This is what is taking place at Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, the US National Security Agency’s biggest surveillance facility outside America, the US bomber base at Fairford in Gloucestershire, and the CIA base at Croughton in Northamptonshire. All three bases are misleadingly described as Royal Air Force stations. While in theory the British government could veto US operations from these bases, the amount of money Washington continues to spend on them makes clear it does not expect any objections. In its latest spending package, the US has earmarked $40 million to expand Menwith Hill, $300 million to Fairford and an undisclosed sum to Croughton. The figures on Menwith Hill and Fairford were given in response to a parliamentary question from the Labour MP Alex Sobel. They are part of a £2.8 billion project to upgrade US military and intelligence-gathering bases in Britain. This includes expanding the US air force station at Lakenheath in Suffolk to enable American F-35 fighter/bombers to be based there. GCHQ’s listening post in Cyprus, a facility whose product is shared with US intelligence agencies, is also being upgraded… https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/deceitful-activities-us-expands-its-intelligence-and-military-presence-in-uk/ https://declassifieduk.org/deceitful-activities-us-expands-its-intelligence-and-military-presence-in-uk/ |