{"id":6392,"date":"2024-08-08T15:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/pembrokeshire-army-barracks-to-house-deep-space-radar-to-help-protect-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:03:57","slug":"pembrokeshire-army-barracks-to-house-deep-space-radar-to-help-protect-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/pembrokeshire-army-barracks-to-house-deep-space-radar-to-help-protect-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pembrokeshire army barracks to house deep space radar to help protect the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An army barracks in Pembrokeshire is set to be redeveloped as the home of a deep space radar programme, the Ministry of Defence has announced.<\/p>\n<p>The government says the space monitoring initiative would secure long-term jobs at Cawdor Barracks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-outbrain\" data-target=\"\" data-widget-mapping=\"\" data-installation-keys=\"\">    <\/div>\n<p>Objects in deep space &#8211; up to around 36,000km away from Earth &#8211; will be detected, tracked and identified using ground-based radars in Australia, the UK and the US.<\/p>\n<p>The government says the initiative, known as Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), will help the nations&#8217; land, air and maritime forces.<\/p>\n<p>The site in Brawdy, near St Davids, has been both a Royal Air Force station and a Royal Navy base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>It is currently home to the 14th Signal Regiment, the army&#8217;s electric warfare unit.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the MoD announced the barracks would close no earlier than 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Redeveloping the site would keep it open, with up to 100 personnel operating the radar capability, according to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Defence Secretary John Healey said the proposed redevelopment would secure jobs and defence capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new radar programme will not only enhance our awareness of deep space, but also help protect our space assets alongside our closest partners,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wales<\/strong> Secretary Jo Stevens said it was an &#8220;important project&#8221; for the country and the UK government was committed to working with the community &#8220;to ensure its success&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Two events will take place in September to share information with the local community and they will be followed by a statutory consultation period.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the programme will attend to answer questions and hear the views of locals.<\/p>\n<p>An environmental impact assessment is also being undertaken by the government to support a planning application to Pembrokeshire County Council.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An army barracks in Pembrokeshire is set to be redeveloped as the home of a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}