Hawaii reinstates Cold-War era nuclear attack warning signal amid North Korea tension
* Separate from NK Thread.
* Indicator
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(NEW YORK) — Hawaii is reinstating a statewide nuclear attack warning signal in December to prepare for a potential attack from North Korea.
The alarm, which has not been used since the Cold War will be reinstated on Dec. 1 as part of a ballistic missile preparedness program, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA).
Residents are instructed to immediately “Get inside, stay inside, and stay tuned” when they hear the siren. Alerts will be sent to resident’s phones and broadcast on television and radio.
“When [HI-EMA] started this campaign there were concerns we would scare the public. What we are putting out is information based on the best science that we have on what would happen if that weapon hit Honolulu or the assumed targets,” said HI-EMA Administrator Vern Miyagi during an emergency preparedness presentation.
http://kticradio.com/abc_national/ha...abcid36001960/
Some historical perspectives from the last time...
We were motivated to protect ourselves.
Origins Of The Nike System
http://alpha.fdu.edu/~bender/N-view.html
Hitting a Bullet with a Bullet
A History of Missile Defense
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a381863.pdf
Interesting how the "NIMBY" kneejerk manifested. Thanks, DTIC!
See also Chicago
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Detractors in Hyde Park
“Two unmistakable attributes of Cold War culture were conformity and fear. There was a great deal of centrism, as it was understood at the time,” Allen says, “because it was still thought that Americans must ban together, regardless of their differences, to beat a common foe.”
Still, there were citizens who raised concerns about the missile programs; some used the “not in my backyard” argument, calling the missile installations unsightly. Others questioned the need for the weapons.
The Hyde Park area was a hotbed for protest on both fronts, as Chicago’s southernmost lakefront missile site was, after all, in that neighborhood's backyard. A 1955 Chicago Tribune article mentions that members of the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference “vigorously protested” construction of a radar center on Promontory Point. That didn’t stop the Army from installing it, however.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-c...c-75480a3d4cb7
Nice hacking, whoever you are...
Rhetorically, *why* was there a false alarm?
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Residents of Hawaii were thrown into a panic Saturday morning after an emergency alert was sent warning of a ballistic missile threat. But officials minutes later tweeted that it was a false alarm.
"NO missile threat to Hawaii," the state's Emergency Management Agency tweeted at 8:20 local time (1:20 ET).
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, tweeted: "This is a false alarm. There is no incoming missile to Hawaii."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...icials-n837511
I'll just leave this here...
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Washington (AFP) - North Korea has made new advances in its intercontinental ballistic missile program but has not yet demonstrated all the capabilities needed to hit America with such a weapon, a top US general said Tuesday.
While Pyongyang has shown it can put the United States in range and point a rocket to the country, General Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said it has not yet proven that its fusing and targeting technologies can survive the stresses of ballistic missile flight.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/n-korea-n...152813350.html
This tale just gets better and better....
Hawaii's false missile alert sent by worker believing attack on U.S. was imminent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.17892cc80c67