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Porton Down is a technology park situated slightly North-East of Porton (village) near Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. To the North-West lies the MoD Boscombe Down test range facility which is owned by QinetiQ. On maps, Porton Down has a "Danger Area" surrounding the entire complex.
It is home to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down (Dstl, Porton Down) as it is officially known, which is believed to be one of the United Kingdoms most sensitive and secretive government facilities for military research, including CBRN defence. The Dstl site is the head office[1] of 9 installations across Britain [2]. Dstl is an Executive Agency of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). The complex is made up of forbiding buildings in 1,000 acres of a total area of 7,000 acres [3] Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is
It is also home to the Health Protection Agency's Emergency Prepardness and Response as well as a small science park which includes companies such as Tetricus Bioscience Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
The site is commonly confused with the UK's CBRN training facility, the Defence CBRN Centre at Winterbourne Gunner.
- ^ http://www.dstl.gov.uk/contact/index.php Porton Down Head Office
- ^ http://www.dstl.gov.uk/about_us/location.php Official Dstl locations
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/426154.stm BBC News "Porton Down - a sinister air?"