US Spy Bases
US is now planning to build three secret spy bases to track Russia and China satellites
Washington: The American government is planning to build a deep space spy base in the UK to protect satellites from Russian and Chinese weapons, media reports said.
The US Space Force is examining sites in Scotland and the south of England for a tracking installation, as well as others in Texas and Australia, reports The Sun.
The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, or DARC, can spot objects the size of footballs from 22,400 miles away, reports the newspaper.
Lt Col Jack Walker, from the US Space and Missile Systems Centre, told the newspaper there could be up to 16 massive satellite dishes.
Speaking at the US Space And Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, Walker said: "It is necessary because we want to keep a chain-of-custody of targets that could threaten our systems that are in geosynchronous orbit."
"It could be satellites or it could just be debris from rocket bodies from other launches," he said.
He added: “We have to know what is going on up there.”
He was joined at the event by Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, and two British military chiefs.
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