New Royal Navy secret bunker at Northwood

Title

New Royal Navy secret bunker at Northwood

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:02

Description

Paul Maurice reports on the sixty million pound secret bunker at Royal Navy headquarters in Northwood which is to be opened by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and from which the Navy’s submarines and ships would be controlled and nuclear weapons launched in time of war. Includes interview with Admiral Sir James Eberle about the scheduled Wintex exercise during the build-up to a nuclear war.

Contributors

James Eberle

Keywords

Military affairs; Nuclear weapons; Royal family; Royalty; Nuclear warfare; Prince Charles; Military exercises; Submarines; War (concept); Warships; Navy; Prince of Wales; Northwood

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