![]() ![]() They were still hidden deep underground and behind high security fences, guarded by armed guards and guard dogs. ![]() The nations nuclear defence frozen in time, when the nuclear clock stopped ticking and our nuclear weapons starting to gather dust.Īlmost all of the deadly WE 177 nuclear weapons had been dismantled. The WE 177 nuclear weapons were dismantled, and in the darkness of the missile bunkers lay a cold war time warp. The true story of Britain’s readiness for nuclear war could at last be told. Gone but not forgotten! Determined to save this vital link with Britains nuclear past Rodney Siebert the curator at Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker in Nantwich Cheshire began a project that led to these vital pieces of recent history being saved for the nation. The WE 177 weapons and the first generation of multiple warhead missiles “Project Chevaline”, that had served so well at the forefront of the defence of Britain had gone forever. 1999 saw the WE 177-weapon system de-commissioned, with the Polaris system now up-dated to the new Trident multiple warhead system, in order to maintain our readiness for an attack. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the cold war ended. The V-Force strike bombers would fly at supersonic speed to deliver the deadly WE 177 nuclear weapons to our enemies. Our Polaris submarines would fire their missiles. Incidentally you can see the equipment used by the Prime Minister to transmit the launch orders at the bunker at Hack Green. This would be followed by a fail-safe command system, which would ultimately end in the executive coded order being given by the Prime Minister to launch a retaliatory attack. Attack-warning sirens would sound throughout the UK. If there had been a nuclear attack on the UK, incoming missile maps would come alive, and time to impact displays would flash the deadly countdown to our nuclear Armageddon. At the height of the cold war a key part of Britain’s nuclear preparedness and capability was the WE 177 free fall nuclear weapon and Submarine launched Polaris Missile system. ![]()
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