Nato summit: where tanks and fighter planes are par for the course

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/04/tanks-fighter-planes-par-course-nato-summit



A full-sized model of an F-35 Lighting II fighter jet sits on the golf course surrounding the Celtic Manor hotel.

Nato summit: where tanks and fighter planes are par for the course
Ewen MacAskill in Newport
theguardian.com, Thursday 4 September 2014 10.54 EDT

One of the more incongruous sights at the Nato summit in Newport is that of British military hardware strewn among the greens and bunkers of the Celtic Manor golf resort.



Scout Specialist Vehicle (2nd L) and a Foxhound armoured vehicle (L) and a full-size model aircraft displayed on the golf course of Celtic Manor Hotel A Foxhound armoured vehicle (left), a Scout specialist vehicle and a full-size model aircraft displayed on the golf course of Celtic Manor hotel.

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A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said the display was intended to showcase British defence capability as well as the British defence industry.



British Army personnel patrol the Celtic Manor resort in Newport.

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The decision to put hardware on display was taken by the MoD rather than Nato. The MoD spokesman said that Britain, as the host nation for the summit, was entitled to promote its defence industry.



Workers carry a scale model of a missile past a model jet.

Other exhibitions in the Celtic Manor grounds include missiles, equipment designed to detonate mines and a simulated field hospital, with medical staff operating on a dummy with gruesomely realistic wounds.