TERRIFYING balaclava-clad gun cops placed a UK airport on lockdown as a top secret “Doomsday" plane flew radioactive waste to America.
Oh MY!
Dozens of armed police stood guard at a Scottish airport today as uranium – the stuff nuclear bombs are made from – was loaded onto a giant American Air Force jet.
The C-17 Globemaster arrived at Wick John O’Groats airport yesterday lunchtime to pick up the cargo bound for South Carolina.
A huge security operation kicked into place full in the face of Britain’s severe terror threat – which was only recently downgraded from critical.
Police sniffer dogs were deployed as armed police guarded a convoy of two trucks carrying the waste as it was transported 31 miles in thick steel containers from Dounreay to Wick Airport.
It arrived at 2pm today as gun-toting police patrolled perimeter fences and sealed off all roads into the airport.
The cargo was loaded before the huge jet finally took to the runway at 4.25pm and departed for a short hop across to RAF Lossiemouth in Moray to top off with fuel.
This had to take place as the runway at Wick is 1,712ft too short for a fully loaded Globemaster to get airborne.
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