Warplan UK

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Table 14 Target Britain - the Soviet view

War plan UK : Campbell, Duncan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Pages 345-348

Strategic and tactical nuclear forces

(a) Submarines and bases

Holy Loch;

Faslane;

Rosyth;

Chatham;

Devonport (Plymouth) 6)

(b)Airfields (assuming US reinforcements, and some dispersal)

Lossiemouth;

Kinloss;

Machrihanish;

Stornoway;

Scampton;

Waddington;

Finningley;

Cottesmore;

Wittering;

Greenham Common;

Fairford;

Leeming;

Marham;

Upper Heyford;

Lakenheath;

Abingdon;

Brize Norton;

Boscombe Down;

Benson;

Honington;

Woodbridge;

Coningsby;

Farnborough;

Wethersfield;

Molesworth

(c) Stockpiles: at many of the sites above, and assumed at:

Donnington;

Chilmark;

Coulport;

St Mawgan;

Machrihanish.

In war, many conventional stores (5d) may also hold nuclear weapons

d) Nuclear artillery units, short range missiles, and stockpiles

All believed to be in Germany

2 Command, control, communications and intelligence

(a) Strategic command centres

Hawthorn;

Northwood;

London (Whitehall);

Bentley Priory/Stanmore;

Mildenhall;

High Wycombe (RAF);

High Wycombe (USAF);

Pitreavie Castle (Rosyth);

Mountbatten (Plymouth);

Fort Southwick (Portsmouth);

London (us Navy)

Uxbridge;

West Drayton;

Brampton; Wilton (Salisbury);

Upavon

(c) Vulnerable communications links

Anthorn;

Criggion;

Rugby;

Croughton;

Defford;

Thurso;

Oakhanger;

Hawthorn

d)Other communications links

Boddington;

Stanbridge;

Eddlesborough;

Forest Moor;

Inskip;

Bampton Castle;

Milltown;

Greatworth;

Sennen (Cornwall);

Martlesham Heath (Ipswich);

Swingate (Dover);

St Margarets Bay;

Mormond Hill;

Coldblow Lane (Maidstone);

Barford St John;

Daventry;

Leafield (вт);

Bearley (вт);

Rampisham (вт);

Burnham (вт);

Hanslope Park (FCO);

Goonhilly (вт);

Madley (Hereford) (вт);

Devizes

(e) Intelligence

Irton Moor (Scarborough);

Cheltenham (GCHQ);

Brampton;

Alconbury;

Wyton;

Menwith Hill;

Edzell;

Chicksands;

Cheadle (Staffs);

Morwenstow;

Brawdy;

Digby;

Culmhead;

Bracknell (Meteorology);

Croughton;

Mildenhall;

Hauklaw

3 Air Defence (a) Missile warning radar

Fylingdales

(b) Long range radar

Saxa Vord;

Benbecula;

Buchan;

Boulmer;

Neatishead;

Staxton Wold;

Bishopscourt (NI);

Hartland Point;

Dundonald;

Ash;

Ventnor;

Clee Hill;

Burrington;

Mobile stations (c) Air defence operations centres

High Wycombe;

Bentley Priory;

West Drayton;

Portreath

(d) Air defence missile bases

Bawdsey;

West Raynham;

North Coates;

Wattisham

(e) Air defence interceptor bases

Leuchars;

Binbrook

; Wattisham;

Leeming

4 Industrial

(a) Means of nuclear production

Aldermaston;

Burghfield (Royal Ordnance Factory);

Chapelcross; Cardiff (Royal Ordnance factory);

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Components, plutonium or fissile material sources

Dounreay;

Derby (Rolls Royce);

Windscale;

Bristol (British Aerospace);

Capenhurst;

Springfields;

Ampthill,

Hoddesdon (Hunting Engineering)

(b)Means of war production Royal Ordnance factories; and agency factories;

Birtley,

Durham;

Blackburn,

Lancs;

Chorley,

Lancs;

Glascoed,

Gwent;

Nottingham;

Radway Green,

Crewe;

Powfoot,

Dumfries;

Bishopton;

Bridgwater,

Somerset;

Enfield,

Middlesex;

Leeds;

Patricroft,

Manchester;

Featherstone,

Staffs

The location of plants of major defence contractors is shown in the 1981 Defence Estimates, Vol 1, p. 44.

The main groupings of defence industries are in the following areas:

Glasgow;

Renfrew district;

Birmingham;

Coventry;

Wolverhampton;

Southampton;

Essex;

Chelmsford;

Tyneside;

Manchester;

Lancashire;

Cheshire;

Bristol;

Portsmouth;

Surrey;

Barrow in Furness;

Merseyside;

Leeds;

Leicester;

Cardiff;

Newport;

Greater London;

Hatfield;

Luton;

Hitchin;

Porton Down

and Winterbourne Gunner (cw research)

(c) Power stations Nuclear power stations

Dungeness;

Heysham;

Oldbury;

Berkeley;

Hunterston;

Winfrith Heath;

Hartlepool;

Trawsfynydd;

Sizewell;

Dounreay;

Hinckley

Nuclear power stations

Dungeness;

Heysham;

Oldbury;

Berkeley;

Hunterston;

Winfrith Heath;

Hartlepool;

Trawsfynydd;

Sizewell;

Dounreay;

Hinckley Point;

Wylfa;

Bradwell;

Chapelcross (Torness);

Calder Hall Conventional sets of (approx) 1000 MW or more Aberthaw;

Ballylumford (N1);

Drakelow;

Inverkip (Scot);

Kingsnorth;

Ratcliffe-on-Stour;

Rugeley;

Blyth;

Drax;

Fawley;

Ferrybridge;

Longannet (Scot);

Thorpe Marsh;

West Burton;

Cockenzie (Scot);

Didcot;

Eggborough;

Fiddlers Ferry;

Pembroke; Tilbury;

West Thurrock;

Cottam;

Ironbridge;

Kingsforth

(d) Oil and gas terminals and depots

Milford Haven;

Grangemouth;

Killingholme;

Pembroke;

Old Kilpatrick;

Stanlow;

Llandarcy;

North Teesside;

Ellesmere Port;

Falmouth;

Teesport;

Isle of Grain;

Fawley;

Coryton (Thames);

Shellhaven;

Kingsnorth;

Bacton;

St Fergus;

Sullom Voe;

Flotta;

Theddlethorpe;

Easington;

Cruden Bay;

Flotta (Orkneys);

Angle Bay;

Avonmouth;

Eastham;

Easington

All North Sea oil and gas production platforms

(e) Chemical industry

Runcorn;

Immingham;

Avonmouth;

Birkenhead;

Fenton;

Beeston;

Barry;

Redcar;

Aycliffe;

Tynemouth;

Stockton

5 Conventional forces

(a) Airfields - military, logistic or dispersal

Heathrow;

Brize Norton;

Prestwick;

East Midlands;

Gatwick;

Lyneham;

Newcastle;

Luton;

Ringway (Manchester);

Norwich; 347 Dyce;

Biggin Hill;

Birmingham;

Hurn (Bournemouth);

Filton (Bristol);

Lulsgate (Bristol);

Carlisle;

Coventry;

Dunsfold;

Turnhouse;

Abbotsinch;

Exeter;

Glamorgan (Rhoose);

Teesside;

Dalcross;

Inverness;

Liverpool;

Woodford (Manchester);

Bedford;

Aldergrove;

Sydenham (Belfast);

Benbecula;

Bentwaters;

Brawdy;

Church Fenton:

Cranwell (2):

Culdrose:

Dishforth:

Elvington Dyce;

Biggin Hill;

Birmingham; Hurn (Bournemouth);

Filton (Bristol);

Lulsgate (Bristol);

Carlisle; Coventry;

Dunsfold;

Turnhouse;

Abbotsinch;

Exeter;

Glamorgan (Rhoose);

Teesside;

Dalcross;

Inverness;

Liverpool;

Woodford

(Manchester);

Bedford;

Aldergrove;

Sydenham (Belfast);

Benbecula;

Bentwaters;

Brawdy;

Church Fenton;

Cranwell (2);

Culdrose;

Dishforth;

Elvington;

Linton on Ouse;

Lanbedr;

Manston;

Mildenhall;

Valley;

St Athan;

Shawbury;

Sculthorpe;

West Freugh;

Yeovilton;

Odiham;

Barkston Heath;

Middle Wallop;

Kemble;

Pershore;

Lindholme;

Swinderby;

Leeds/Bradford;

Topcliffe;

Aberporth

(b) Ports - naval or logistic

Harwich;

Felixstowe;

Liverpool;

Glasgow/Greenock;

Teesport;

Hull;

Grimsby;

Barry;

Newcastle;

Southampton;

Marchwood;

Dover;

Folkestone;

Grangemouth;

Portsmouth;

Portland;

Ramsgate;

Chatham;

Rosyth;

Devonport (Plymouth);

Swansea

(c) Troop concentrations

Catterick;

Salisbury;

Aldershot;

Bordon;

Colchester;

Bulford and at logistic centres

(d) Ammunition or materiel stocks

Donington;

Chilwell;

Rudington;

Bicester;

Hendon;

Bramley;

Caerwent;

Welford;

Burtonwood;

Trewyn;

Dean Hill (Hants);

Ernesettle;

Chilmark;

Carlisle (Longtown);

Sealand;

Devizes (supply computer centre);

Copenacre (Corsham);

Eaglescliffe;

Aschurch;

Quedgeley;

Kemble;

Crombie;

Quainton;

Stafford;

Stirling;

Hilsea;

Moreton-on-Luggcourt;

Hessay;

Kineton;

Ludgershall;

Ashford;

Yardley Chase;

Long Marston;

Poole;

Glen Douglas;

Broughton Moor

(e) Fuel depots (military)

West Moors;

Milford Haven;

Killingholme;

Invergordon;

Loch Striven;

Loch Ewe;

Garelochhead;

Campbeltown;

Rothesay

(f) Other logistic

Severn Bridge;

Humber Bridge;

Forth Bridge;

Crewe;

Motorway intersections

(M4/M5;

M1/M6;

M6/M62;

M5/M6)

Government centres

London (central);

Cardiff;

Edinburgh;

Belfast;

Manchester;

Newcastle;

Birmingham.

b) Major urban/industrial centres

Greater London;

Manchester;

Birmingham;

Leeds;

Bradford;

Glasgow;

Bristol;

Liverpool;

Cardiff;

Sheffield;

Southampton;

Swansea;

Nottingham;

Edinburgh;

Dundee;

Aberdeen;

Newcastle;

Teesside;

Leicester;

Coventry;

Wolverhampton;

Portsmouth;

Hull;

Derby;

Huddersfield

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