Air raid sirens.. do we have them here?

[SpikyJugs]

Watching the news and hearing the air raid sirens going off constantly in Ukraine, it has made me curious.

Do we have them installed in major cities in the UK? Would they go off if we detected an invading aircraft? Are they sitting there ready to go if a threat occurs, or do the military bring them in if we think we're likely to need them?

How do they work? Does someone get information about an incoming aircraft and switch them on?

I think they're incredibly haunting and I can't imagine how frightened the poor people of Ukraine must be hearing them go off constantly

@BigFatLiar

Not that much point in alarms, what would you do? The old advice was 'duck and cover', have a look at the YouTube for that, it'll give you confidence. There were a couple of films about nuclear attack, 'where the wind blows' was one I think and the BBC did 'Threads'. Makes you think best thing to do is go and watch the bomb drop, survival wouldn't be good.

That really isn't true.

Unless you are close to where a bomb was dropped then you are highly likely to survive as long as you avoid the fallout.

By going outside you are standing in the fallout.

So this is basically the absolute worst thing to do.

It's highly unlikely that a nuclear strike will happen and even if it did it's highly unlikely to be the size to cause a nuclear winter.

If Putin uses nuclear it will be a tactical strike on Ukraine. No-one is going to be up for mutually assured destruction.

They have them in Finland, really threw me the first time I heard it after moving, had a moment of panic wondering why the fuck an air raid siren was going off!
What's more worrying, is that they tested them on Monday as usual (some areas do first Monday of the month, others do every Monday) and loads of them didn't work, all across the country. Just seems so odd that so many stopped working all at once.

One at Trafford Park area in Mr. Gets tested briefly about once per month. Could be a flood warning but it has that class is sound

Classic sound.

That four minute warning script linked above makes my blood run cold.