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newspaper report in 2016 stated that the "UK Software Facility" (UKSF), responsible for the Trident targeting system which was upgraded in 2015, was believed to be located at the Corsham Computer Centre.
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of Babcock Defence and Bovis Lend Lease, in September 2007 for a period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further three years.
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The site falls within a wider facilities management contract, the Bristol Bath Total Facilities Management project. It was awarded to Debut Services, a
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part of the broader complex of tunnels and quarries in the Corsham area and adjacent to the former Central Ammunition Depot built before the
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suggested that the centre supports the software maintenance of the
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Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom
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The facility was built near Hudswell Quarry, and close to the
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This article about a Wiltshire building or structure is a
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Installations of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
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Underground British Ministry of Defence installation
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Index

Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Corsham
Wiltshire
Royal Navy
Des Browne
Secretary of State for Defence
Defence Select Committee
Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
United Kingdom nuclear deterrent
Trident
The Herald
Box Tunnel
Second World War
MoD Corsham
special purpose vehicle
"Chiller project tackles environment and efficiency"
Ministry of Defence
Archived
"Written Answers: Trident: RAF Corsham"
"Further memorandum from Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament"
Hansard
House of Commons
"Strategic Weapons Targeting Systems - a new era"
"Revelations of Trident upgrade prompt claims that UK nukes are under American control"
"Corsham Computer Centre"
"Award of £45 million Facilities Management Contract"
Babcock International Group
the original
"Secret NATO Command Bunker"
Indymedia

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