By Daniel Davies,
Published by The BBC, 15 April 2026
The UK government should stop working with the US on a deep space radar station because Donald Trump has shown “contempt for our country”, Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan has said.
The first minister threatened to cause a row within Labour by asking her colleagues in Westminster to “halt” plans to put 27 radar dishes at Cawdor Barracks in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire.
The local labour MP said he was concerned that Morgan apparently did not want the jobs promised by the scheme, while Downing Street declined to say if the prime minister agreed with her.
A No 10 spokesperson said the programme “will secure long-term jobs in Pembrokeshire and Wales, and help protect essential satellite communication”.
The site is in the Ceredigion Penfro constituency where Morgan is Labour’s lead candidate for the Senedd election on 7 May.
Plaid Cymru accused Morgan of trying a “last ditch attempt” to save her seat while Reform said she was trying to distract from her record in government.
The Welsh Conservatives alleged Morgan was willing to put the UK’s national security at risk.
The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) programme – announced by the UK, US and Australia in 2023 – will detect and track objects orbiting Earth.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) wants to refurbish an airfield at Cawdor Barracks so it can house the UK’s main contribution to the scheme.
It would keep Cawdor open beyond its original closure date of 2028, but the scheme has been opposed by local campaigners.
In a Facebook reel, Morgan said the project should be “halted”, adding: “The United States under Donald Trump is not the partner it once was.
“Talk of targeting civilians, undermining our allies and diminishing the sacrifice of our armed forces is not the conduct of a reliable ally.”
She said there was a “clear difference” between standing with partners and “giving a free pass to a US president who has threatened war crimes and shown contempt for our country”.
The UK should pause its involvement in the radar project “until we can be confident those partnerships reflect our values and our security interests”, she said.
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