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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. The population was to be notified by means of air raid sirens, television and radio, and urged to seek cover immediately. In practice, the warning would have been more likely three minutes or less.

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  • Four-minute warning (en)
  • Alerte quatre minutes (fr)
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  • 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. The population was to be notified by means of air raid sirens, television and radio, and urged to seek cover immediately. In practice, the warning would have been more likely three minutes or less. (en)
  • L’alerte de quatre minutes était un système d’alerte public conçu par le gouvernement britannique pendant la guerre froide et appliqué de 1953 à 1992. Ce nom tire son origine de la durée approximative à partir du moment où une attaque de missiles nucléaires soviétique contre le Royaume-Uni pouvait être confirmée et l'impact de ces missiles sur leurs cibles. La population devait être avertie au moyen de sirènes anti-aériennes, de la télévision et de la radio, afin d'être incitée à se mettre immédiatement à l'abri. En pratique, l'alerte aurait été plus probablement de trois minutes ou moins. (fr)
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