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The United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) was a British civilian organisation operating to provide UK military and civilian authorities with data on nuclear explosions and forecasts of fallout across the country in the event of nuclear war.
This is a list of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (A–E) List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (F–K)
This is a list of Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post and United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation civil defence posts for monitoring aircraft operating over Great Britain. This list has been split into: List of ROC Group Headquarters and UKWMO Sector controls
This is a list of the locations for former Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Group Headquarters and the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) sector controls that received information from ROC posts by dedicated GPO/BT landlines.
WB1401 warning receiver. It was the responsibility of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) at the United Kingdom Regional Air Operations Centre (UK RAOC) located at RAF Booker to alert the nation to an imminent air attack. [4]
During the Cold War, the UK developed an emergency alert system called the WB400/WB600/WB1400 warning system, operated by the UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, aimed to alert UK institutions and the public before a catastrophic wartime attack, such as a nuclear warhead detonation or severe bombing. [3]
The first two primary responsibilities of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO), for whom the ROC provided the field force were: Warning the public of any air attack (see four-minute warning) Providing confirmation of nuclear strike on the UK
The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain.It operated in the United Kingdom between 29 October 1925 and 31 December 1995, when the Corps' civilian volunteers were stood down (ROC headquarters staff at RAF Bentley Priory stood down on 31 March 1996).