The War in Ukraine

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richmac Apr 2023 2:37pm, 24 Apr 2023 21,678 posts	Quote Pin richmac I think your mum is wrong TBH. Think the alert system has long since been in the making and the timing is simply a coincidence. The spy trawlers around infrastructure in the North sea are a worry though.
EvilPixie Apr 2023 2:38pm, 24 Apr 2023 42,624 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie oh I totally agree rich! I mean for a start they couldn't have planned and built the system and got agreements from all the mobile providers in the time! But I bet there are loads of people, especially like my mum who have been hermits since covid, who are over thinking it all.
richmac Apr 2023 2:44pm, 24 Apr 2023 21,679 posts	Quote Pin richmac I'd say the govs ability to interrupt broadcasts with the bad news of out impending doom would be used if the ICBM's took off.
macca 53 Apr 2023 3:03pm, 24 Apr 2023 31,291 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 [who the fuck wants to know they’ve 15 minutes to live?]
EvilPixie Apr 2023 3:03pm, 24 Apr 2023 42,627 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie [more to the point why bother you can't do anything about it!]
macca 53 Apr 2023 3:04pm, 24 Apr 2023 31,292 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 ^^ exactly that
LazyDaisy Apr 2023 3:06pm, 24 Apr 2023 38,086 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy [who the fuck wants to know they’ve 15 minutes to live?] [more to the point why bother you can't do anything about it!] Precisely.
jda Apr 2023 3:39pm, 24 Apr 2023 14,745 posts	Quote Pin jda That's not really the case though, you can shelter if you're a little way from the blast centre, fill up a bath with water, make a killing on the stock market, that sort of thing.
macca 53 Apr 2023 4:43pm, 24 Apr 2023 31,293 posts	Quote Pin macca 53 Do “they” still tell you to shelter under your table I wonder?
154 Rob Apr 2023 1:40am, 25 Apr 2023 2,160 posts	Quote Pin 154 Rob It's like the "yellow alert" or, ooh, "amber alert" they had on American news during and after the War of Terror. *on terror

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Royal United Services Institute - rusi.org
Bellingcat - bellingcat.com
Human Rights Watch - hrw.org
Reuters - reuters.com
BBC Russian Service - bbc.com
Ria Novosti - ria.ru
Russian Online TV - ontvtime.ru
Russian TV News - tv-novosti.ru
UK Government Response - gov.uk
UK MOD Twitter Feed - twitter.com
ABC News - abcnews.go.com
Wion Russia - Ukraine - wionews.com

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