The UK has four nuclear submarines that wait underwater for signs that their country still exists. One of these is on BBC Radio 4's 'Today' program.
HMS Vengeance, which carries nuclear missiles, travels to Devonport, Scotland for an upgrade in 2012.The UK's nuclear arsenal is housed on four submarines, with one of those submarines on patrol at all times.
If the submarine commander believes Britain has been destroyed, he may be under orders to launch a nuclear strike.Deep underwater, on submarines equipped with nuclear missiles, British crews are constantly prepared to fire their weapons, and potentially play a part in bringing about the end of the world.
Commander Dan Martyn stands beside HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four submarines carrying nuclear missiles, in 2016.Lord Peter Hennessy, a history professor who joined the UK's House of Lords in 2010, said that if it can't be heard for three days in a row, then it could signify Britain's demise, and trigger the doomsday protocol., Hennessy says: "The failure to pick up the BBC Today program for a few days is regarded as the ultimate test.
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