Hawaii alert: False missile alarm sparks panic

[Gerald]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42677604:o

[STEED]

404 - Page not found :o :doh:

[Gerald]

:hmmm: :o :doh:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-missiles-falsealarm/u-s-militarys-pacific-command-says-no-ballistic-missile-threat-to-hawaii-idUSKBN1F20U1

[Murph89]

Someone got “fired”

[Jimbuna]

404 - Page not found

:o :doh:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42680070

[STEED]

38 minutes is going to cost some one or persons jobs.

[u crank]

Seems to me that adding one more step to the procedure would prevent this kind of thing....

ARE YOU SURE? :D

[Subnuts]

This was clearly just an ill-advised viral marketing campaign for the upcoming Blu-ray release of Threads.

[Mr Quatro]

One problem cause another problem who would believe the next incoming missile report?

On top of that what in the heck are they suppose to do, "Run and hide" :o

[August]

On top of that what in the heck are they suppose to do, "Run and hide" :o

:yep:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDpTidAPwU

[Hawk66]

re-memorizing my childhood...we had several dry-runs of air/ballistic missile warnings / year but nobody took that too serious since for 99% it would be anyways game over in my hometown (was a missile base and thus a primary target by the Soviets, I guess)

we had even a fallout shelter in my high school...now are more or less all gone...sometimes I ask myself if this is such a wise decision ?

are there any fallout shelters left in the US ? (I mean real ones, not garages)

[mapuc]

I think it was an intern test of the system, that went extern by mistake.

Markus

[Rockstar]

I remember my elementary school had fallout shelter signs posted outside. Though the school still stands the signs have long since been removed

[Platapus]

Duck and cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg9scNl9h4Q

[ikalugin]

We are restoring the shelter system for critical industries, etc.

[Mr Quatro]

We are restoring the shelter system for critical industries, etc.

The ISS song that day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGldbF8T7Ns

[vienna]

Old news. Happened before, 9 Nov 1979, and on a much larger scale:


A Nuclear False Alarm that Looked Exactly Like the Real Thing --

https://blog.ucsusa.org/david-wright/nuclear-false-alarm-950



In this case, it turns out that a technician mistakenly inserted into a NORAD computer a training tape that simulated a large Soviet attack on the United States. Because of the design of the warning system, that information was sent out widely through the U.S. nuclear command network.


Fortunately, tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union were low at the time, so there was some skepticism about the warning from the beginning. Moreover, communication between the warning center and U.S. radar sites indicated that the radars were not seeing a missile attack. Within months, however, tensions spiked when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, and continued to rise through the first Reagan term. And had communication systems been down or had the radars detected unrelated missile launches, the situation would have been much more serious. As noted in previous posts, unexpected coincidences happen, and spread confusion.






I remember, at the time, there was news report related to this incident noting an alert was also sent to broadcasting services (TV, Radio, etc.) instructing them to go to ready status and prepare to broadcast emergency instructions; the incident happened when normal, routine test alerts were expected and, as a result, only a few stations actually responded and a few more actually attempted to verify the legitimacy of the alert; all the other stations just carried on as usual...








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[vienna]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O4h2x9NuTk








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