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SteamWake · 03-09-09, 01:41 PM

Google earth reveals a 'secret' submarine base in the UK.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506915,00.html

Oberon · 03-09-09, 01:58 PM

Oh? They finally unblanked Faslane?

Nothing really that secret about it, and if any terrorists tries to get in there, they'll find themselves on the wrong end of a Royal Marine or SBS, and that's not somewhere I'd be for love nor money. Besides, Bangor is on Google Earth IIRC, and no terrorists have bombed that, stupid Sun newspaper

BTW, there's some more old British boomers over near Edinburgh waiting to be cut up, old Resolution class SSBNs, they're on Windows Earth or whatever its called on aircraft view too:

Kapitan · 03-09-09, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Oh? They finally unblanked Faslane?

Nothing really that secret about it, and if any terrorists tries to get in there, they'll find themselves on the wrong end of a Royal Marine or SBS, and that's not somewhere I'd be for love nor money. Besides, Bangor is on Google Earth IIRC, and no terrorists have bombed that, stupid Sun newspaper

BTW, there's some more old British boomers over near Edinburgh waiting to be cut up, old Resolution class SSBNs, they're on Windows Earth or whatever its called on aircraft view too:

Well you can get fairly close the the nuclear submarine base in faslane not close enough to launch a strike with rockets though but still, and they do deploy some 5,000 marines to gaurd the place the submarines dont leave the base anyway without a royal marine escort its not invincable but its highly gaurded even if a swimmer did get in !

lesrae · 03-09-09, 03:29 PM

Bear in mind there's also a parking/picnic area about 1/2 a mile up the hill from Faslane on the Glen Fruin road, it offers a lovely view of the bombers:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...21801&t=k&z=16

Kapitan · 03-09-09, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by lesrae

Bear in mind there's also a parking/picnic area about 1/2 a mile up the hill from Faslane on the Glen Fruin road, it offers a lovely view of the bombers:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...21801&t=k&z=16

Yes it is rather lovely up there i only managed to stay for an hour the local populace got very suspisious after a while, i only had a note pad and binoculars.

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03-09-09, 01:58 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Oh? They finally unblanked Faslane? Nothing really that secret about it, and if any terrorists tries to get in there, they'll find themselves on the wrong end of a Royal Marine or SBS, and that's not somewhere I'd be for love nor money. Besides, Bangor is on Google Earth IIRC, and no terrorists have bombed that, stupid Sun newspaper BTW, there's some more old British boomers over near Edinburgh waiting to be cut up, old Resolution class SSBNs, they're on Windows Earth or whatever its called on aircraft view too:

03-09-09, 03:29 PM	#4
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Bear in mind there's also a parking/picnic area about 1/2 a mile up the hill from Faslane on the Glen Fruin road, it offers a lovely view of the bombers: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...21801&t=k&z=16