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In July 2019 changes were made to the terrorism threat level system creating a 'New Format' of threat levels, to reflect the threat posed by all forms of terrorism, irrespective of ideology. There is now a single national threat level describing the threat to the UK, which includes Islamist, Northern Ireland, left-wing and right-wing terrorism. [1]
The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets.
Screenshot of the UK alert message as it appeared on an Android phone on 6 December 2024. On 23 January 2025, an alert was sent out to all of Northern Ireland and the central belt of Scotland at 5:25pm GMT and 5:50pm GMT respectively regarding the red warnings issued by the Met Office relating to Storm Éowyn. [49]
Britain is on the precipice of a “third nuclear age” in which it must face down multiple threats, the head of the armed forces has warned. In an annual address at the Royal United Services ...
WB1401 warning receiver in a former local authority control centre. The Director UKWMO was located at the United Kingdom Regional Air Operations Command (UK RAOC) at RAF Booker tasked with instigating the four-minute warning. [4] The Deputy Director would be located at a standby UK RAOC, described at the time as being "elsewhere in the UK".
The British Government advised in March 2018, that as of the beginning of that month, fewer than five United States military personnel and ten US contractors worked at the station. [ 19 ] Space Delta 4 of the United States Space Force , maintains a liaison officer at Fylingdales to act as link to US missile warning operations and advises the ...
WB1401 warning receiver in a local authority control centre. Handel was the code-name for the UK's national attack warning system in the Cold War. It consisted of a small console with two microphones, lights and gauges. If an enemy airstrike was detected, a key on the left-hand side of the console would be turned and two lights would come on.
The Bikini state was an alert state indicator previously used by the UK Ministry of Defence to warn of non-specific forms of threat, including civil disorder, terrorism or war. Signs giving the current alert state were displayed at the entrance to government buildings and military installations. It was established on 19 May 1970.