UK Engineering

One particular insight that I gained from visiting this base was the heavy amount of support from the United Kingdom that was put into NATO’s satellite programmes. When exploring deep inside the guts of the huge radio dish, I was surprised to see that many of its critical mechanical parts were built by contractors like Vickers, and a whole host of small manufacturers from Wales, Ireland and England.

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