HONOLULU: For the first time since the end of the Cold War, sirens blared across Hawaii in an effort to prepare residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. On Friday (Dec 1), the state decided to reactivate its Cold War-era warning system, after North Korea claimed that its
HONOLULU: For the first time since the end of the Cold War, sirens blared across Hawaii in an effort to prepare residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea.
On Friday (Dec 1), the state decided to reactivate its Cold War-era warning system, after North Korea claimed that its missiles are capable of reaching Hawaii, Guam and the entire US mainland.
The siren blared for a minute after the usual testing of the alert for tsunamis that Hawaii residents are used to hearing. Unlike the alert for natural disasters, which has a steady tone, the nuclear attack warning has a wavering tone.
“The siren system is only one of three ways (to notify the public).
