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Porton Down sits quietly on Wiltshire’s downs, just miles from Stonehenge, a 7,000-acre fortress of labs, bunkers, and fences where Britain’s deepest scientific secrets have lived for over a century.

Founded in WWI, it became the UK’s hub for chemical and biological warfare.

Mustard gas, anthrax, and nerve agents were tested here; servicemen were even subjected to Cold War human trials that later sparked outrage.

Today, officials call it “defensive research,” building countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.

Yet rumors never fade, of hidden chambers, exotic pathogens, and classified projects with NATO allies.

Accidents, illnesses, and court cases over past testing feed its mythology.

To critics, Porton Down is where national defense and darker legend blur; to others, it’s a reminder that Britain’s quiet fields can hide global power.