Defence written question – answered at on 22 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current procedure is to alert civil authorities to an incoming missile threat.
The Ministry of Defence would use its own and other nations' technical means to identify an incoming missile threat. The threat would be interpreted by the Space Operations Coordination Centre at Air Command who would produce a warning. The warning would be passed through normal communication channels to the Cabinet Office, who in turn would organise any cross-Government response.
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