The fireball would shoot miles into the atmosphere – pulling dirt and debris with it. The Isle of Man has just the one shelter and in Northern Ireland people must make do with just 4 safe spaces.Īcross the countryside, there are also a good number of nuclear hidey-holes on offer so in the event that a horrific bomb does strike the UK some of us will be moderately OK.If a nuclear bomb were to hit, the blast would create a massive fireball which would vaporize everything nearby.
There's also a smattering on the northernmost outskirts of the country including one near John O' Groats. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here. Nobody ever said nuclear fallout was glamorous (Image: Getty Images) Instead, the project was designed to preserve the functionality of UK society by sending data from each shelter to coordinate the damage done and plan responses.Īccording to Subterranean Britannica, 258 nuclear bunkers still exist, scattered almost randomly out across the UK.Ī map on the site lists the locations of these bolt holes and gives some indication as to where the government thought an attack was likely to take place. The network of nuclear shelters, created at the height of the Cod War, was never designed to offer refuge for everyone in the UK, there are just too many of us for that.
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