The Corsham Computer Centre ( CCC ) is an underground British Ministry of Defence (MoD) installation in Corsham , Wiltshire , built in the 1980s. According to the MoD, the centre "processes data in support of the Royal Navy ". The centre has been similarly described by Des Browne in 2007, then Secretary of State for Defence , as a "data processing facility in support of Royal Navy operations".
6-687: In written evidence to the Defence Select Committee in 2007, the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament suggested that the centre supports the software maintenance of the United Kingdom nuclear deterrent programme, Trident . A The Herald newspaper report in 2016 stated that the "UK Software Facility" (UKSF), responsible for the Trident targeting system which was upgraded in 2015, was believed to be located at
12-639: A Wiltshire building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Defence Select Committee The Defence Select Committee is one of the Select Committees of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom , having been established in 1979. It examines the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including
18-580: The British Armed Forces . The Committee's remit does not generally review Defence Intelligence which instead falls under the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament . Members are as follows: The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020. The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017. The chair
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30-661: The Corsham Computer Centre. The facility was built near Hudswell Quarry, and close to the Box Tunnel part of the broader complex of tunnels and quarries in the Corsham area and adjacent to the former Central Ammunition Depot built before the Second World War . It is located a few hundred metres north east of the current MoD Corsham . The site falls within a wider facilities management contract,
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