Albemarle Barracks

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Home to 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, the runway area is used by the police for driver training. It is also reported that C-130 Hercules have occasionally landed there. Many of the World War II buildings survive. Since the 1980s Albemarle has often been used as a stop off point for nuclear warheads convoys on route via road between RNAD Coulport and AWE Aldermaston as part of the UK Trident programme. There is a secure compound located on one of the former runways to keep convoys overnight when required.

39 Regiment Royal Artillery is the only regular army unit equipped with the state of the art Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The regiment has four equipment batteries, each one operates the Multiple Launch Rocket System Each Rocket has a range of 70 KM and can be delivered to an accuracy of 5 Meters. In Combat situations, GMLRS is now the weapon of choice, hence the nickname 'The 70km Sniper'. The GMLRS provides the Army with huge amounts of firepower. Launchers operate from concealed hides, fire their rockets and then relocate before the enemy can find them. In combat situations, guided rockets are being used to hit precision targets while safeguarding friendly forces and the local population.

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