Two SBIRS (Space Based Infrared System) Radomes have been constructed in the Menwith Hill complex. If the UK government give the go ahead they will be used as a ground relay station to transmit information on missile location and trajectory back to the US to assist with targetting for ground, sea, air and space based interceptors.
- 235 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion calling on the UK Government to voice the "grave concern" that exists within the UK regarding the Star Wars programme.
- Excerpt from UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee Eighth Report of Session 1999/2000 HC407. 'We recommend the Government articulate the very strong concerns that have been expressed about NMD within the UK. We are not convinced that the US plans to deploy NMD represent an appropriate response to the proliferation problems faced by the international community. We recommend that the Government encourage the US to seek other ways of reducing the threats it perceives' (para 50).
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