The radar will improve RAF and NATO understanding of the airspace north of Britain and further out across the Norwegian Sea, improving the UK’s sovereign capability at a time of heightened Russian military activity.
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UNIAN: UK builds radar system to protect skies from Russian aggression
A handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence on Jan. 27, shows Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Stephen Hillier (R) talking to Bob Skilling (L), FCOS Clerk at works at the platform for the new RAF radar facility at Saxa Vord, on the Island of Unst, in the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland on Jan. 26.
A new 10-million-GBP RAF radar facility aimed at reinforcing the UKs ability to track unidentified military or civilian aircraft is nearing completion, Defence Chiefs heard during a visit to the remote RAF station in Shetland on Jan. 26. The Remote Radar Head facility will improve RAF and NATO understanding of the airspace north of Britain and further out across the Norwegian Sea, improving the UKs sovereign capability at a time of heightened Russian military activity, a statement of the MOD said.
