The controller at RAF fylingdales cursed to himself as the end of his custard cream dropped into his mug of tea with a satisfying plop. He burnt his finger as he immediately tried to retrieve it, then surrendered to fate and took a gulp of the steaming hot tea, complete with melted biscuit and cream. He winced and put the mug down, slowly rubbing his throbbing finger.
Suddenly a red warning light flashed on the digital map on his wall, quickly followed by a verbal 'Launch detected' warning from the speaker. He stood and took a step back, his heart beating heavily. Flight Lieutenant Stanton, his watch commander burst into the room "What now?" He called, awaking the controller from his fear induced dream "Multiple launch sir!" He called.
"Get a fix!" Cried Stanton, quickly running to his workstation and picking up the red receiver. "This is fylingdales early warning, We have numerous probable missile launches from..." He looked at the controller as he tried to work out the references "Sir, there are too many, its definitely old Ivan though!" Stanton looked down.
"...Warsaw pact territory!" He contined on the phone. "Suggest Bikini Red, and alert the prime minister. This is NOT a drill!" He turned to another controller. "Have you got the possible targets yet?" He called, waiting for response on the phone. "Only on the first seven, probable targets identified as, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Cardiff, Catterick, Conningsby and London, sir... more are coming through though, this is it.... first strike, and they've gone for a decapitation!" He said, still fixed to his monitor. "We're not the only ones, looks like missiles heading for targets in West europe and North America. Its definately a biggie!" Stanton swallowed hard as a response on his phone switched him back to life... ..."This is the commander of home defence, is this limited, i say again, is this a limited strike?" Asked his shadow on the other end of the call. Stanton looked around at the men in the room. "Negative sir, this is a Full-scale first strike!"...

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Usually operating in pairs, well away from the Rifle Section, you will be closest to the enemy, in either a Recce or combat role, killing from a distance, or providing support or information for your mates on the front, you may be alone on the line, but your brothers stand behind you, ready to back you up!

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Gleniv
Gleniv Aug 1 2009, 8:02pm says:

I love people who share my love for the cold war and what may have been

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Pynkfloyd
Pynkfloyd Jul 30 2009, 11:06am says:

Nice to see you guys have such a passion for the cold war. Your trip seems very interesting, I may have to check it out at some point, so cheers! God knows how I would get there though...

Still very much looking forward to this mod.

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Hendrix
Hendrix Jul 30 2009, 11:30am replied:

thanks for the kind words mate :-)

Any train to london, underground to Stratford, train to brentwood, 501 bus to kelvedon hatch, shank's pony to the bunker! Simples!!!

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Pynkfloyd
Pynkfloyd Jul 31 2009, 7:01am replied:

Nice, although I'm pretty sure theres a bunker in the same light as Kelvedon, somewhere around Liverpool, which is handy since I'm right up in the North East :D
The name of this bunker escapes me... but if I go anytime soon I'll post some pics on your website.

Edit: Hack Green Hackgreen.co.uk

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Hendrix
Hendrix Aug 3 2009, 3:40am replied:

that would be great!!! These bunkers we're set up all around the country, you would of had low level ones, like this, which we're pretty sturdy, right down to smaller district command centres, built into the basements of Local civiv centres and government buildings.

There are loads around London, but your not allowed to visit them... more the pity in my opinion. A good source of information on these (fictional information however, is found in the film 'threads' By Barry Hines. Its about a fictional nuclear attack on the UK, but centred around Sheffield, and is where 1985 gets a lot of its inspiration.

I'll take a look on that website now mate.

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Pynkfloyd
Pynkfloyd Aug 4 2009, 11:29am replied:

Sounds good, might have to check that out sometime!
And I must get around to reading 1985...

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Hendrix
Hendrix Aug 5 2009, 4:43am replied:

Reading 1985?? you mean 1984?... and before you ask, its completely different to our story!!! :-p

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kaemos
kaemos Jul 27 2009, 5:21pm says:

hey guys is the mod dead? i havent seen any update recently =[ im itching for somthing new hahaha

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Hendrix
Hendrix Jul 28 2009, 6:20am replied:

Dead???? we're very far from being dead my friend!!! we'll update as soon as we have something worth showing!

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Hendrix
Hendrix Jul 16 2009, 7:25am replied:

very kind words there. much appreciated.

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