What is this on Google maps?

What is this on Google maps?

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PM3

730 posts

62 months

Tuesday 7th May
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PurplePenguin said:
hidetheelephants said:
Nethybridge said:

I wonder why western Scotland was chosen for a nuclear naval base
when other naval bases are in SE England.

Maybe nuclear is the clue.

[ Official SNP anti-English grudge No. 24564334]
A practical submarine base had to have a suitable site for a ICBM storage/maintenance/loading facility near enough to be practical but far enough away to not be vulnerable to a single nuclear attack; IIRC other sites considered were Lough Foyle, Falmouth and Milford Haven, they were discounted because of excess irishness, too many people living nearby and being too near to oil refineries etc. Easy access to the North Atlantic is also an advantage for Faslane, it's a short distance from the Clyde to the edge of the continental shelf.
The armaments for submarines were stored at Coulport
Glen Douglas is where the bunkers are

https://maps.app.goo.gl/g8ST6zJQuEThwGCS9

davidexige

491 posts

208 months

Tuesday 7th May
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PM3 said:
Glen Douglas is where the bunkers are

https://maps.app.goo.gl/g8ST6zJQuEThwGCS9
Trident are stored down the road at Coulport, whilst Glen Douglas is used for the storage of conventional munitions.



Hoofy

76,575 posts

284 months

Tuesday 7th May
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cptsideways said:
Jim1064 said:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143332604#/...

I like that. But at £1.2M they're taking the piss
For all of them 1.2m about right
And you get a private race track. biggrin