Half a Million Irish Ready to Fight World War III
Secret document revealed under 30-year rule shows Ireland assessed for the help it could provide in the case of a nuclear war threat.
The report in question was compiled by Irish intelligence services and as a result, Ireland’s assistance to Nato was outlined as:
- the availability of over 500,000 people fit for military service
- the possibility that a total of 44 of our ports could be used by military
- having oil resources that could be tapped to provide fuel
- be used as a stopover/base for American troops
- have radar sites established on the west and south coast to provide an early warning system for nuclear strikes.