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  • #31
    Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
    Look at the link in my post, it has a searchable map with pictures and discriptions of each location
    Your map has nothing about Ireland.


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
      Your map has nothing about Ireland.
      It's ROC posts only - afaik there was nothing equivalent to those small 2-4 man shelters here.

      Interestingly the map says there were some "incidents" with ROC posts in NI during the troubles - so they had to beef up security or close them down.
      Last edited by pym; 18 February 2013, 01:14.

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
        Your map has nothing about Ireland.
        Well, it does have NI (and Spyders handiwork).
        'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
        'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
        Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
        He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
        http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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        • #34
          proper way to observe a nuclear blast.png The proper way to observe a nuclear blast....

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          • #35
            These boyos have restored a bunker in County Armagh...

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            'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins

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            • #36
              Originally posted by spider View Post
              These boyos have restored a bunker in County Armagh...

              http://www.nibunker.co.uk/
              Cosy!

              The Ulster Aviation Society also has a section with a load of old ROC stuff:
              Charitable, non-profit, with WWII hangars at an Aviation Museum containing over 52+ aircraft, run by a diverse group of Voluntary enthusiasts in Ireland at the Ulster Aviation Society

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              • #37
                Originally posted by spider View Post
                These boyos have restored a bunker in County Armagh...

                http://www.nibunker.co.uk/
                Interesting quote on this site "The known Russian targets during the Cold War where, Belfast/Lisburn, Londonderry, RAF Ballykelly near Limavady, RAF Aldergrove and RAF Bishopscourt near Downpatrick."
                'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                  Interesting quote on this site "The known Russian targets during the Cold War where, Belfast/Lisburn, Londonderry, RAF Ballykelly near Limavady, RAF Aldergrove and RAF Bishopscourt near Downpatrick."
                  So given the yield of their nuclear weapons, basically the whole of NI!

                  Ugh.

                  Whilst I have a fascination with the Cold War and the plans made - it's largely because I didn't have to live through the bloody thing.

                  Utter madness.

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                  • #39




                    Videos of the nibunker mentioned above - wish I had one out the back garden

                    Also recently read "The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst", which had this:
                    Hennessy tells the story of a jokey 1961 encounter between Khrushchev and the British Ambassador, Frank Roberts. The Soviet leader asked how many H-bombs Roberts thought would be needed to wipe out the UK. ‘Six’, he replied. Khrushchev chided him for his pessimism. He said that ‘optimists’ estimated it would take nine — but reassured him with a twinkle that

                    the Soviet General Staff… had earmarked several scores of bombs for use against the UK so that the Soviet Union had a higher opinion of the UK’s resistance capacity than the UK itself.

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                    • #40
                      that place is excellent. thanks for sharing.
                      RGJ

                      ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                      The Rifles

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                      • #41
                        Really interesting Pym...thanks for posting.
                        'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins

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                        • #42
                          A chance discovery by the guy who maintains the aforementioned Portadown ROC bunker:

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                          • #43
                            In pictures: Inside Ireland's secret VIP nuclear bunker

                            In the 1960s, the Irish government was so concerned about a nuclear attack that it urged householders to stock up on groceries for 14 days - just in case it happened.


                            Poor article, but hey, there's pics.

                            Secret my hoop.

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                            • #44
                              Ah the innocence. I remember we had a copy of Bás Beatha at home. It was ireland's version of "duck and cover".
                              We put a lot of faith on our telephone network surviving, given that at the time it barely survived a gust of wind, let alone a nuclear wind.
                              The reality is we will be unaware of a chernobyl type accident until long after the damage has been done, based on past history. As for surviving a nuclear conflict, would you really want to?
                              For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                              • #45
                                The guy who maintains the ROC post in Portadown visited the remains of the Bunker/Fallout shelter in Custume Barracks today - photography allowed and it's to feature on an episode of Nationwide in the future:



                                If the above fails:
                                Custume Barracks, Athlone, Republic of Ireland. Originally built in 1691, the barracks has seen many changes over the years. Originally a British Army...
                                Last edited by pym; 16 January 2018, 22:37.

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