There is a little on the genesis of the Comet R.2 and Nimrod R.1 in Richard Aldrich's book 'GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency.' I thought I'd share these since some of it might be interesting info.
Probably the decision to equip Comets as sigint platforms...
1950s
1960s
cold war
electronic warfare
elint
gchq
great britain
raf strike command
royal air force
sigint
signals intelligence
strategic reconnaissance
united states
Richard J. Aldrich’s recent book ‘GCHQ: An uncensored story of Britain’s most secret intelligence agency’ features some information on the planned Sigint ship of the 1960s.
He gives a history elsewhere in the book about the operations of HMS Totem and Turpin in the 1950s. He goes on to say...
admiralty research department
atomic energy authority industrial group
atomic ships
gchq
harland & wolff
ministry of transport
nuclear powered vessels
racal electronics plc
royal navy
sigint
signals intelligence
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