RAF Molesworth

We also have a highly significant security breach to report in the United Kingdom.

At RAF Molesworth, which is a base housing vital U.S. and NATO intelligence related functions, two Latvian nationals were recently arrested and authorities are actively investigating possible Russian links.

Wow.

So that demonstrates that NATO support nodes, even those located thousands of miles from the front lines, are under active hostile surveillance.

The judge set a date for a five-week trial in June next year and the next hearing will be in January.

Two Latvian men who were arrested for alleged trespass at RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire have been released on bail.

The men, who were UK residents, were detained at the base which is used by US military intelligence.

Counter-terrorism police said officers were still trying to identify any potential motivation.

Yeah

... at RAF Molesworth, and this comes on the back of, uh, s- uh, you know, slightly firmer statements that we can make about what we, what we believe is, you know, and people have been convicted, Russian sabotage.

And so there is a broader question of do, d- have we actually reflected on the level of security that is required, both hard protective barriers, fences, counter-drone systems, and intelligence and policing that you require because it is easier to gather intelligence now, and lots of these locations which would've been very heavily defended in the Cold War, um, have probably not received that same level of protection now, and we've really got to think about the security of that wider defense infrastructure.

So I'm not, I'm not sure that's quite the answer to do people see this as a connection between Russia and Iran, but, but this incident comes in the context of the sudden reflection that we should view these bases as, um, uh, uh, as potentially vulnerable, at, at very least targets.

For them, a bus carrying passengers is an attractive target precisely because a single strike can kill as many people as possible.

Two Latvians arrested after breaching perimeter of British air base used by U.S. Counterterrorism police said the men were found inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a base used by the United States, raising concerns about security.

By Michael D. Scheer.

Two Latvian men were arrested Thursday inside the perimeter of a British airbase used by the United States and are being investigated on suspicion of national security offense, according to counterterrorism police.

The two men, aged 36 and 32, are Latvian citizens living in Britain, according to the police statement.

They were arrested at around 2 a.m. on Thursday after being discovered inside the perimeter of the base, RAF Molesworth, about 70 miles north of London in Cambridgeshire.

Their ability to enter the base will underline concerns about security at military installations operated by the United States inside Britain and other countries, which have been on heightened alert after officials in Britain, the United States, Israel, and Germany reported received evidence of threats against the bases from Iran.

Last month, five British men were arrested on suspicion of a plot targeting RAF Fairford, the airbase used by United States bombers in some strikes against Iran during their eight-month war, although they have not been charged and the details of the incident remain murky.

Two Latvians arrested after breaching perimeter of British air base used by US.

Counterterrorism police said the men were found inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a base used by the United States, raising concerns about security.

By Michael D. Shear.

Two Latvian men were arrested Thursday inside the perimeter of a British air base used by the United States and are being investigated on suspicion of national security offense, according to counterterrorism police.

The two men, aged thirty-six and thirty-two, are Latvian citizens living in Britain, according to the police statement.

They were arrested at around two AM on Thursday after being discovered inside the perimeter of the base, RAF Molesworth, about seventy miles north of London in Cambridgeshire.

Their ability to enter the base will underline concerns about security at military installations operated by the United States inside Britain and other countries, which have been on heightened alert after officials in Britain, the United States, Israel, and Germany received evidence of threats against the bases from Iran.

Last month, five British men were arrested on suspicion of a plot targeting RAF Fairford, the air base used by United States bombers in some strikes against Iran during their eight-month war, although they have not been charged and the details of the incident remain murky.