| 词条 | RAF Troodos |
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| name = RAF Troodos | ensign = Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = British Forces Cyprus | location = Troodos Mountains | nearest_town = | country = Cyprus | image = Snowboarding in Troodos.jpg | caption = | pushpin_map = Cyprus | pushpin_label = RAF Troodos | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Cyprus | coordinates = {{Coord|34|54|46|N|032|53|02|E|region:CY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | type = Signals intelligence gathering and radar station | code = | site_area = 50 hectares | height = | ownership = Ministry of Defence | operator = Royal Air Force | controlledby = Joint Forces Command | open_to_public = | condition = | built = {{Start date|1878}} | builder = | used = 1878–present | materials = | fate = | battles = | events = | current_commander = | past_commanders = | garrison = | occupants = Golf Section, Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus) | website = }} Royal Air Force Troödos, commonly known as RAF Troödos, is a Royal Air Force station in the Republic of Cyprus. RAF Troödos is a remote Signals Station run by 27 personnel from Golf Section, Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus), and also contains Mount Olympus Radar Station. The station is based deep within the Troödos Mountains, approximately {{convert|14|miles|km}} north of Episkopi. HistoryTroödos Station is the oldest remaining British military base in Cyprus, dating from 1878. Initially it was used as a cool summer field hospital for troops from the Egyptian Campaign. British Army and Government officials also used it as a summer retreat.[1] Current useDeclassified documents show that RAF Troödos intercepted satellite communications for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and documents released by Edward Snowden suggest this has continued in recent years funded by the U.S. National Security Agency.[2] Information from Snowden also indicates the site acts as a listening post for radio signals from the near Middle East.[3][4] The British National Space Centre Starbrook wide-field telescope has been located here since 2006. It can detect orbiting objects from 1.5 m in size.[5] See also{{commonscat|Royal Air Force}}
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/british-forces-overseas-posting-troodos-cyprus |title=British forces overseas posting: Troodos, Cyprus |publisher=Ministry of Defence |accessdate=2 September 2013}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/GCHQ-worked-haqrd-maintain-presence-Cyprus/story-20246314-detail/story.html |title=GCHQ worked hard to maintain presence on Cyprus after independence |newspaper=Gloucestershire Echo |date=1 December 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/sYDu0 |archivedate=14 April 2015}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/29/israeli_drones_and_jet_signals_slurped_by_uk_and_us_sigint_teams/ |title=Israeli drones and jet signals slurped by UK and US SIGINT teams |author=Iain Thomson |newspaper=The Register |date=29 January 2016 |accessdate=1 February 2016}} 4. ^[https://theintercept.com/2016/01/28/israeli-drone-feeds-hacked-by-british-and-american-intelligence/ Spies in the sky], by Cora Currier and Henrik Moltke, The Intercept_, 29 January 2016 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_i_Bulletin_i_133_February_2008 |title=Europe's Eyes on the Skies |author=Heiner Klinkrad|publisher=European Space Agency |work=ESA Bulletin 133 |date=February 2008 |accessdate=2 September 2013|display-authors=etal}} External links{{Royal Air Force}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Troodos}}{{UK-mil-stub}}{{RAF-stub}} 2 : Royal Air Force stations in Cyprus|UKUSA listening stations |
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