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[7] [8] Hawaii is located roughly 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from North Korea, [3] and a missile launched from North Korea would leave approximately 12 to 15 minutes of warning time. [ 9 ] Hawaii officials had been working for some time to refresh the state's emergency plans in case of a nuclear attack from North Korea.
An emergency alert sent on Saturday to Hawaii's residents warning of a ballistic missile attack was transmitted mistakenly by state authorities.
On January 13, 2018 at approximately 8:07 a.m. HST, the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) mistakenly issued an emergency alert warning of a ballistic missile inbound threatening the region, which was claimed to be not a drill. 38 minutes later, it was announced by HI-EMA and the Honolulu Police Department that the alert was a false alarm.
SBX entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for repairs on 9 January 2006. The radar is derived from the radar used in the THAAD theater ballistic missile defense system, and is a part of the layered ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) program of the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA). One important difference from Aegis is the use of X band ...
Mar. 7—The Missile Defense Agency is back seeking public comment on two possible locations for a powerful ballistic missile defense radar on either the North Shore of Oahu or the west side of ...
The false warning and the state's failure to cancel it in a timely manner was a substantial factor in causing his condition, the lawsuit said. Man who had heart attack after Hawaii missile alert ...
On 13 January 2018, as part of the false missile alert, a civil danger warning interrupted local television and radio broadcasts throughout Hawaii, in addition to the warning sent to smartphones. [1] BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
The station is a relay for the Department of State's Diplomatic Telecommunications Service. [6] The former site is a National Historic Landmark and IEEE Milestone . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 7 ] Since the 1941 radar was a mobile unit, there is no physical evidence of the historic unit at the site. [ 3 ]