The Golf Ball, Kinross-shire, Scotland
The Golf Ball, in Kinross-shire, Scotland, is a now-inactive NATO spy base – or Intercontinental Ballistic Missile early-warning radar – built on the former Second World War airfield, RAF Balado Bridge, where Polish pilots trained on Hurricanes and Spitfires.
This former NATO base and ballistic missile warning radar built in 1985. Dubbed the Golf Ball for its white fibreglass dome, which housed a giant antenna, the 9-acre site is just 20 miles south of Edinburgh, and is being marketed as an adaptive reuse or redevelopment project for residential or commercial purposes. The radome is linked to the main equipment building by a corridor and doors built with enough concrete to withstand a nuclear, biological, chemical attack or even a zombie attack. Also included is the station mess, recreation and office facilities. The site could be completely redeveloped, or the existing structures could be put to new uses.
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Opened by Princess Anne in 1985, the white fibreglass protective radome contains a large dish antenna which is still intact and could be rotated and elevated to point in any direction.
It was manned by soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals until 2006.
The 6.12-acre site comes with a level of security that anybody purchasing a former Ministry of Defence owned satellite communications base would expect.
The entire compound is surrounded by a burglarproof double-layered security fence.
The golf ball is connected to the main equipment building by a corridor and has doors built to withstand a nuclear, biological or chemical attack.
The complex contains an additional emergency power generator room and an accommodation block which once housed the station mess, recreation, and office space.
There are also garages, diesel tanks and a sizeable guardhouse, with facilities including a kitchen and toilet.
RAF Balado Bridge was in use from March 1943 until 1957 and served as a satellite to Grangemouth as part of 81 Group. It was originally used as a base for Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War and was a training site for Polish pilots.
The Golf Ball, Kinross-shire, Scotland
The Golf Ball, in Kinross-shire, Scotland, is a now-inactive NATO spy base – or Intercontinental Ballistic Missile early-warning radar – built on the former Second World War airfield, RAF Balado Bridge, where Polish pilots trained on Hurricanes and Spitfires.
This former NATO base and ballistic missile warning radar built in 1985. Dubbed the Golf Ball for its white fibreglass dome, which housed a giant antenna, the 9-acre site is just 20 miles south of Edinburgh, and is being marketed as an adaptive reuse or redevelopment project for residential or commercial purposes. The radome is linked to the main equipment building by a corridor and doors built with enough concrete to withstand a nuclear, biological, chemical attack or even a zombie attack. Also included is the station mess, recreation and office facilities. The site could be completely redeveloped, or the existing structures could be put to new uses.
thespaces.com/3-former-military-bases-that-could-become-s...
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-courier-advertiser-fife-editio...
Opened by Princess Anne in 1985, the white fibreglass protective radome contains a large dish antenna which is still intact and could be rotated and elevated to point in any direction.
It was manned by soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals until 2006.
The 6.12-acre site comes with a level of security that anybody purchasing a former Ministry of Defence owned satellite communications base would expect.
The entire compound is surrounded by a burglarproof double-layered security fence.
The golf ball is connected to the main equipment building by a corridor and has doors built to withstand a nuclear, biological or chemical attack.
The complex contains an additional emergency power generator room and an accommodation block which once housed the station mess, recreation, and office space.
There are also garages, diesel tanks and a sizeable guardhouse, with facilities including a kitchen and toilet.
RAF Balado Bridge was in use from March 1943 until 1957 and served as a satellite to Grangemouth as part of 81 Group. It was originally used as a base for Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War and was a training site for Polish pilots.