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- Atomic_Weapons_Detection_Recognition_and_Estimation_of_Yield abstract "Atomic Weapons Detection Recognition and Estimation of Yield known by the acronym AWDREY was a desk-mounted automatic detection instrument, located at 13 of the 25 Royal Observer Corps (ROC) controls, across the United Kingdom, during the Cold War. The instruments would have detected any nuclear explosions and indicated the estimated size in megatons. With the display unit mounted in a 3-foot-high (0.91 m) steel cabinet, the system operated by measuring the level of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generated by any nuclear explosion. The instruments were in operation 24/7/365 between 1955 and 1992 and tested daily by full-time ROC officers. AWDREY regularly reacted to the EMP from lightning strikes during thunderstorms. Additional AWDREY instruments were also installed at most of the Regional Government Headquarters (RGHQs) and at UKRAOC at RAF High Wycombe".
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- Atomic_Weapons_Detection_Recognition_and_Estimation_of_Yield subject Category:Cold_War_military_equipment_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Atomic_Weapons_Detection_Recognition_and_Estimation_of_Yield subject Category:Royal_Observer_Corps.
- Atomic_Weapons_Detection_Recognition_and_Estimation_of_Yield comment "Atomic Weapons Detection Recognition and Estimation of Yield known by the acronym AWDREY was a desk-mounted automatic detection instrument, located at 13 of the 25 Royal Observer Corps (ROC) controls, across the United Kingdom, during the Cold War. The instruments would have detected any nuclear explosions and indicated the estimated size in megatons.".
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