UK Re-Opening Shetland Radar Station

LONDON—Britain’s Royal Air Force is re-opening a radar station in the Shetland Islands to boost regional radar coverage in response to increased sorties flown by Russian long-range aviation. RAF Saxa Vord on the island of Unst – one of the most northerly points of the British Isles - closed in 2006...

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