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Royal Air Force Holmpton or more simply RAF Holmpton is a former Royal Air Force Cold War era nuclear bunker that was built in the 1950s as an early warning radar station as part of the ROTOR Radar Defence Programme.[1]

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  1. 13 relations: British Forces Broadcasting Service, Cold War, COVID-19, Early-warning radar, East Riding of Yorkshire, Electronic warfare, Holmpton, No. 264 Squadron RAF, Radar, RAF Patrington, RAF Support Command, ROTOR, Royal Air Force.

  2. Cold War museums in the United Kingdom
  3. Museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire

British Forces Broadcasting Service

The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

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Early-warning radar

An early-warning radar is any radar system used primarily for the long-range detection of its targets, i.e., allowing defences to be alerted as early as possible before the intruder reaches its target, giving the air defences the maximum time in which to operate.

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East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.

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Electronic warfare

Electromagnetic warfare or electronic warfare (EW) is warfare involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy operations.

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Holmpton

Holmpton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in an area known as Holderness.

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No. 264 Squadron RAF

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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RAF Patrington

RAF Patrington (or Royal Air Force Patrington), was a Ground-controlled interception (GCI) station of the Royal Air Force in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. RAF Holmpton and RAF Patrington are Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire.

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RAF Support Command

Support Command was a command of the Royal Air Force between 1973 and 1994.

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ROTOR

ROTOR was an elaborate air defence radar system built by the British Government in the early 1950s to counter possible attack by Soviet bombers.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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See also

Cold War museums in the United Kingdom

Museums in the East Riding of Yorkshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Holmpton