Hawaii is set to become the first state in the US to test an “attack- warning” system in the event of a North Korean nuclear missile strike.
There are 4,661 miles of ocean between Hawaii and North Korea, making the island one of the closest US territories to Kim Jong Un’s regime after Guam and Alaska.
Despite plans for testing a nuclear warning system, there is no need to panic, Vern Miyagi, an administrator with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, told the affiliate.
“When I see stuff like, ‘Hawaii prepares for nuclear attack, ‘ that’s way overboard. We’re not preparing for a nuclear attack, ” he said. “This is just a hazard, like tsunamis and hurricanes that Hawaii faces. It’s not impending.”
Miyagi added the threat of a nuclear strike is “not mature.”
‘Odds are so small right now’
Despite the alert system’s label as “just a hazard, ” some are wondering why it was announced at the height of Hawaii’s tourist season.
“The odds are so small right now and the possibility of this happening is so remote, ” Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa told the affiliate.
