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Rising seas are changing Britain's coast dramatically. Norfolk is the first low-lying area to face a stark and cruel new choice - plough millions into doomed defences, or abandon whole villages to the invading waters".
Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, Thursday 17 April 2008
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November 19, 2010
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Estonian Defence Force Soldiers serving with Estcoy-19 take part in live-fire tactical training while serving in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
Photos: @kaitsevagi.edf
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of UAE in Abu Dhabi
Tchoukball Geneva Indoors 2021 • Super Cup • Mixte • Qualifications • Suisse Femmes - Suisse M18
Photo par David Sandoz
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27/05/2026. Washington DC, United States. 2026 Defence Reception hosted by the British Ambassador Christian Turner and BDSUS. Picture by Rebecca Lessner.
Chief of the Defence Staff change of Command Ceremony for General Wayne Eyre to General Jennie Carignan at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario on July 18, 2024.
Photo Credit: Private Michael Seelt
Canadian Forces Support Group (Ottawa-Gatineau)
Cérémonie de passation de commandement du chef d’état‑major de la Défense entre Général Wayne Eyre et Générale Jennie Carignan au Musée de la guerre à Ottawa en Ontario, le 18 juillet 2024.
Photo par: Soldat Michael Seelt
Groupe de soutien des Forces canadiennes (Ottawa-Gatineau)
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers serving with Estcoy-19 take part in live-fire tactical training while serving in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
Photos: @kaitsevagi.edf
Kuala Lumpur, 17/04/2012 - Saya melawat ke Pameran Pertahanan dan Sekuriti Defence Services Asia (DSA) ke-13 di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC), hari ini.
Historic Environment Record for H BUILDING, Malvern, UK
The building, having military purposes and designated locally as H building, sits on a former Government Research site in Malvern, Worcestershire at Grid Ref SO 786 447. This site was the home of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) from 1946. It has been owned by QinetiQ since 2001 and is in the process (October 2017 to February 2018) of being sold for redevelopment.
This unique building has at its heart a ‘Rotor’ bunker with attached buildings to house radar screens and operators as well as plant such as emergency generators. Twenty nine Rotor operational underground bunkers were built in great urgency around Britain to modernise the national air defence network, following the Soviet nuclear test in 1949. Two factors make H building’s construction and purpose unique; this prototype is the only Rotor bunker built above ground and it was the home to National Air Defence government research for 30 years.This example of a ROTOR bunker is unique instead of being buried, it was built above ground to save time and expense, as it was not required to be below ground for its research purpose.
H Building was the prototype version of the Rotor project R4 Sector Operations Centre air defence bunkers. Construction began in August 1952 with great urgency - work went on 24 hours a day under arc lights. The main bunker is constructed from cross bonded engineering bricks to
form walls more than 2 feet thick in a rectangle approximately 65ft x 50ft. The two internal floors are suspended from the ceiling. The original surrounding buildings comprise, two radar control and operator rooms, offices and machine plant.
The building was in generally good order and complete. The internal layout of the bunker remains as originally designed. The internal surfaces and services have been maintained and modernised over the 55 years since its construction (Figure 3). The first floor has been closed over.
There are some later external building additions around the periphery to provide additional accommodation.
In parts of the building the suspended floor remains, with 1950s vintage fittings beneath such as patch panels and ventilation ducts.
The building has been empty since the Defence Science & Technology Laboratories [Dstl] moved out in October 2008
As lead for radar research, RRE was responsible for the design of both the replacement radars for the Chain Home radars and the command and control systems for UK National Air Defence.
Project Rotor was based around the Type 80 radar and Type 13 height finder. The first prototype type 80 was built at Malvern in 1953 code named Green Garlic. Live radar feeds against aircraft sorties, were fed into the building to carry out trials of new methods plotting and reporting air activity
A major upgrade of the UK radar network was planned in the late 1950s – Project ‘Linesman’ (military) / ‘Mediator’ (civil) – based around Type 84 / 85 primary radars and the HF200 height finder. A prototype type 85 radar (Blue Yeoman) was built adjacent to H Building in 1959. live radar returns were piped into H Building.
Subsequently a scheme to combine the military and civil radar networks was proposed. The building supported the research for the fully computerised air defence scheme known as Linesman, developed in the 1960s, and a more integrated and flexible system (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment or UKADGE) in the 1970s.
The building was then used for various research purposes until the government relinquished the main site to QinetiQ in 2001. Government scientists continued to use the building until 2008. Throughout its life access was strictly controlled by a dedicated pass sytem.
Notable civil spin-offs from the research in this building include the invention of touch screens and the whole UK Civil Air Traffic Control system which set the standard for Europe.
Chronology
1952 - Construction work is begun. The layout of the bunker area duplicates the underground version built at RAF Bawburgh.
1953 - Construction work is largely completed.
1954 - The building is equipped and ready for experiments.
1956-1958 - Addition of 2nd storey to offices
1957-1960 - Experiments of automatic tracking, novel plot projection systems and data management and communications systems tested.
1960-1970 - Project Linesman mediator experiments carried out including a novel display technique known as a Touch screen ( A World First)
TOUCHSCREEN
A team led by Eric Johnson in H building at Malvern. RRE Tech Note 721 states: This device, the Touch Sensitive Electronic Data Display, or more shortly the ‘Touch Display’, appears to have the potential to provide a very efficient coupling between man and machine. (E A Johnson 1966). See also patent GB 1172222.
Information From Hugh Williams/mraths
1980-1990 - During this period experiments are moved to another building and H building is underused.
1990-1993 - The building was re-purposed and the bunker (room H57) had the first floor closed over to add extra floor area.
2008- The bunker was used until late 2008 for classified research / Joint intelligence centre
2019 - Visual Recording of the buildings interior by MRATHS. Be means of a LIDAR scan and photographs being taken. The exterior was mapped with a drone to allow a 3D Image of the building to be created via Photogrammetry. This was created in Autodesk Photo Recap.
2020 - Building demolished as part of the redevelopment of the site.
Information sourced from MRATHS
Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
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With a very mature collection of technologies proven in combat by the US, the military man-portable electronics market shows potential for strong growth as other countries seek to modernise their soldiers' equipment. www.bharatbook.com
The Israel Defence Forces Alpinist Unit: (Yehidat Ha'Alpinistim) is a specialist mountain infantry reserve unit of the 810th Heharim Regional Brigade under the command of the Northern Command
Its role focuses on clandestine operations, cold-weather and mountain warfare, long-range penetration, medical evacuation for battlefield injuries, reconnaissance, and tracking targets, operating in the difficult terrain in the northern front, especially Mt. Hermon.
The Alpinists are proficient in many aspects of cold weather and mountain warfare, among them shooting and suddening attack while sliding on skis and custom made snowcats and defensive tactics. The unit was established in 1983.
Photos: @idfonline
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers serving with Estcoy-19 take part in live-fire tactical training while serving in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
Photos: @kaitsevagi.edf
Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
@irishdefenceforces
Estonian Defence Force Soldiers serving with Estcoy-19 take part in live-fire tactical training while serving in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve
Photos: @kaitsevagi.edf
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Soldiers of Israel Defence Forces taking part in the ongoing operations in Gaza.
Photos: Israel Defence Force
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Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
@irishdefenceforces
Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
@irishdefenceforces
A back lit sign gives details about the detention centre, which is located next to the fountain in the entrance piazza of the Gobindgarh Fort in Amritsar. This is hardly an entrance piazza- we are nearly a kilomtere inside and haven't reached the main fort yet! The sign is fairly self explanatory if viewed in full screen or expanded mode. (Amritsar, Punjab, northern India, Nov. 2017)