Confused of Ripon

I've mentioned Menwith Hill a few times over the last few years and you can see the place on the horizon as you drive south out of Ripon towards Harrogate. The radomes, situated in a very unspoilt natural setting, are to me somewhat spooky and magnificent at the same time. This article was interesting but despite the serious nature of the content one bit made me laugh.

"Campaigners claim the presence of the US technology at Menwith Hill heightens the risk of a pre-emptive attack on the UK as a means of disabling America's missile-detection system."

Logic seems to bypass some of these people. The day a foreign power decides to bomb Menwith Hill is the day that it's all over anyway. The notion that during a new (nuclear) world war that somehow the UK would be ignored and left to keep voting on important things like The X Factor is in my mind just a little naive.