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Britain planned taped messages after nuclear war

Source: Arizona Republic

London : United Kingdom | about 1 year ago

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The doomsday script was never used by the British Broadcasting Corp., but decades later the message remains haunting. "This is the wartime broadcasting service," the announcement begins. "This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons." The decades-old statement continues: Communications...

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