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'Chinese drones spy on Scots Royal Navy base at Faslane' amid 18 sightings
24.04.2022 - 07:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Chinese agents are using drones to spy on the nuclear sub base in Faslane, say top brass.
They believe Beijing spooks are behind 18 drone sightings above UK military sites and power stations in just two years.
Faslane in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, is home to Trident submarines and nuclear weapons are stored at the Royal Naval Armament Depot at the same base.
The disclosure follows warnings by intelligence chiefs that China is intent on stealing our most sensitive secrets.
The details of the drone activity were uncovered under freedom of information laws.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Ingram, a former intelligence officer, said: “The Chinese have a very mature and sophisticated espionage programme running throughout the UK.
“Business, academic research, manufacturers, supply chains, politicians, police, the military and civil servants and more are targets.
“Many will have been compromised, often without realising what has happened.”
The Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, Berkshire, where nuclear warheads are designed and made, is also said to have been targeted.
The sightings happened between 2019 and 2021 but details of the military bases were withheld for defence and national security reasons.
A report from one nuclear site said: “Security personnel reported a drone being flown close to a facility”.
Another said: “Drone landed in area and secured by security personnel.”
Yet another said: “Officer reported seeing a drone flying. No drone located upon further search.”
The revelation follows the disclosure earlier this year that Chinese spying in the UK was now MI5’s top priority.
One intelligence source said: “China is intent on stealing British secrets. There is a network of Chinese spies in the UK and they will use
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