Nuclear security

This is the terrifying message Brits would have received in the event of a nuclear attack

IN the event of a Cold War nuclear strike, British civilians would have received the most chilling message imaginable.

Back in the dark days of the Cold War, the British government developed a “four-minute warning” system to alert the public that the country had come under attack.

Named after the amount of time Brits would have to prepare for an incoming strike, the four-minute warning represented the last chance for civillians to get to shelter.

As air raid sirens sounded across the nation, TV bulletins and radio broadcasts would have been used to spread the terrifying news that a nuclear missile was headed for the UK.

And had there been a hostile missile launch, the message that would have been sent to all Brits which will chill you to the bone.