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RAF / USAF Greenham Common
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RAF / USAF Greenham Common
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Massive Cold-War Airbase with hardened silos and bunkers. A historic landmark of the nuclear stand-off between the West and the Soviet Union.
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Type: Building
Status: Active
Accessibility: Difficult
Recommendation: drop everything - must see
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Address
2 miles Southeast of Newbury
Newbury, Berkshire
England
Owner:
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Architecture, location and functionality.
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fences
barbed wire
razor wire
part-time guard
24 hour guard
locked gates
welded doors
cameras
Conservationists
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Former RAF/USAF airbase during the Cold War. Greenham Common has a long and controversial military past. The base gained notoriety when it became the home of 501st Tactical Missile Wing. In 1980 it was announced that the base was to house 100 Ground Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCMs) as a response to the threat from comparable Soviet technology. Six huge hardened underground shelters were created to house the 96 Tomahawk Missiles on the site of the old munitions area. Each shelter held two launch control centres (LCC), four mobile launchers and one or two recovery vehicles. The mobile launchers were called TELs ("Transporter erector launcher"). To launch the missiles, the launch convoys would leave the base to pre-determined dispersal sites (travelling via local roads and through nearby villages and towns), increasing the survivability compared to fixed sites.
From 1981 "women's peace camps" were established in protest at the deployment of the cruise missiles. They came to be known as "The Greenham Women" or "peace women", and their 19-year protest drew worldwide media and public attention.
The cruise missile storage silos have been fenced off and designated an Ancient Monument.
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Loads. Just flick through the UK left-wing press of the 1980s.
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The Common is looked after by the Greenham and Crookham Conservation Volunteers. These volunteers try to protect this 278.61 hectare (688.45 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest and try to preserve the outstanding beauty of the common.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 3/24/2021 1:34 AM.
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on Mar 24 21 at 1:34, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 24 21 at 1:33, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name, History, Interesting Features, Web Links
on May 15 20 at 13:38, Emperor Wang validated this location
on May 14 20 at 18:27, GC Intercept changed the following: History
on May 14 20 at 18:26, GC Intercept changed the following: Display Name
on Mar 14 07 at 15:44, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Mar 14 07 at 8:44, GC Intercept made this location public
on Mar 1 07 at 15:30, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Feb 28 07 at 8:57, GC Intercept changed the following: Web Links
on Feb 23 07 at 23:23, Emperor Wang validated this location
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