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RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire provides a continuous ballistic missile early warning service to the UK and US Governments, ensuring a surprise missile attack cannot succeed. The RADAR is capable of tracking objects including satellites and debris, 3000 miles into space. Approximately 320 Service Personnel, Ministry of Defence Police, and civilian staff work on site. RAF Fylingdales falls under UK Space Command. Who's based here Squadron 2 Space Warning Squadron. The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System was a partnership between the United States of America and the United Kingdom to provide radar coverage to counter intercontinental ballistic missile attack. The early 1960s saw two stations completed and become operational at Thule in Greenland and Clear in Alaska. To complete the radar coverage for the United States and to provide advanced warning it was decided to build a third station in England. The site on the North York Moors was selected and construction work began in 1960. The construction of the iconic golf balls was completed and the site became operational in September 1963. However, with advances in technology the radar system was upgrad