Operation Redfold
{{short description|British defence contingency plan}}
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Operation Redfold is a defence contingency plan of the United Kingdom designed to guide military aid to civil authorities in the event of a generalised emergency arising during the post-Brexit period.{{cite news |title=Ministry sets up bunker command centre for no-deal Brexit |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/ministry-sets-up-bunker-command-centre-for-no-deal-brexit-1.3834493 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |work=Irish Times |date=March 21, 2019}} It is the military planning programme of the civilian-led Operation Yellowhammer.{{cite news |title=Brexit: MoD prepares for no-deal in Whitehall bunker |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47658403 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |work=BBC News |date=March 21, 2019}}
Up to 3,500 personnel of the British Armed Forces have been contingently tasked with support of Operation Redfold, of which about 350 are reservists.{{cite web |title=Op Redfold: MOD Activates No-Deal Brexit Nerve Centre |url=https://www.forces.net/news/brexit/operation-redfold-military-nerve-centre-ready-no-deal-brexit |website=forces.net |publisher=Forces Network |access-date=March 23, 2019}} It was reported in The Times in September 2019, that a large contingent of the 3,500 strong force would be drawn from the Royal Military Police.{{cite news |last1=Ripley |first1=Tim |last2=Urwin |first2=Rosamund |title=No-deal Brexit: British soldiers prepare for action in Calais lorry parks |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/no-deal-brexit-british-soldiers-prepare-for-action-in-calais-lorry-parks-2n3btnpt7 |access-date=31 October 2019 |work=The Sunday Times |date=29 September 2019|url-access=subscription}} Upon activation, operational activities will be headquartered in the Pindar complex, according to media reports,{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Charlie |title=UK sets up Brexit bunker to coordinate troop deployments in event of no deal |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-sets-up-brexit-bunker-to-coordinate-troop-deployments-in-event-of-no-deal/ |access-date=March 23, 2019 |work=Politico |date=March 21, 2019}} but command and control would be co-ordinated from a bunker in MoD Whitehall.{{cite news |title=MoD hosts no-deal planning in bunker |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47658403 |access-date=31 October 2019 |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2019}}