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6 May 2016

NSA Hardens Menwith Hill Station


A2 sends:

Re the new Menwith Hill radome mentioned on this page

The new radome, built in late 2011 or early 2012, houses Menwith Hill's "collect it all" Torus antenna. See

http://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Torus-SATCOM.pdf


A sends:

NSA Menwith Hill extension to hardened Mission Building 1045 - Steeplebush II

54.00622,-1.68962

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Compare Google Earth imagery from 2002 (initial imagery), 2009 (construction start), 2010 (mid-construction) and 2015 (completed and landscaped over)

2002
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2009
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2010
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2015
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Also compare construction work at north end of Steeplebush II

54.0084,-1.69101

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Note the new radome too.

54.00921,-1.684397

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