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    16 hours ago

    Always were. Cambridgeshire houses the US military intelligence headquarters for Europe and the Middle East, while the East Anglian bases are usually where the post-nuclear strike Air Force One backup is parked when their president is in Western Europe. Britain hosts early warning ICBM infrastructure too, and is an essential staging post for any conflict on the continent.