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What is Menwith Hill's role in the Ukraine War?

Newspaper article about the likely role of Menwith Hill in the war in Ukraine.

The issues are very complicated.

A major five-year project to upgrade infrastructure at RAF Menwith Hill is planned.

A North Yorkshire County Council pension fund invests £15m in arms companies that have built weapons for the deadly Saudi Arabia-led bombing campaign in Yemen.

This is a far greater scandal than the parties in Downing Street. In a just world, it would prove the downfall of our prime minister.

12 January 2022

Kit Klarenberg's article reviews some of the information known about Menwith Hill in the light of a new planning application to build a large windowless container in a secure compound within the base. In the absence of firm information we can only speculate what the new compound is for.

Planning Application to Harrogate District Council

Application is here

Article in the Guardian Newspaper 8th November 2021.