For centuries Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast has been a place of haunting beauty and a haven for wildlife. But when the Royal Flying Corps was granted the use of the land as an experimental station during the First World War, Orford Ness was doomed to more than half a century of military testing.

Paul Heiney visits the buildings where early experiments in radar took place and atom bomb casings were given crucial tests at the height of the Cold War.