U.S. Pacific Command has detected no ballistic missile threat to #Hawaii. Earlier message was sent in error and was a false alarm. pic.twitter.com/Lvg17VNjiF— U.S. Pacific Command (@PacificCommand) January 13, 2018
Time: What If Hawaii's False Missile Alert Had Been Real? Here's What Would Happen Next
Hawaii’s false ballistic missile alert was the latest reminder of the nuclear threat that North Korea poses to the U.S. amid the rising tensions and war of words between the two nation’s leaders.
“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” said the emergency system alert pushed to people’s smartphones statewide.
It wasn’t until a second message popped up 38 minutes later that people learned the missile alert was a mistake, later blamed on someone pushing the wrong button. But had the alert been real, a series of high-level assessments and decisions would have been made during that time in quick succession, perhaps with dire consequences.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- January 15, 2018
Military Quietly Prepares for a Last Resort: War With North Korea -- New York Times
US Moves Ships, Bombers Toward Korea Ahead of Olympics -- Military.com
US military quietly prepares for a last resort: War with North Korea -- Straits Times
China J-20 stealth jets on training ops in Tibet -- Asian Age
As China beats its war drum, who should hear its call? -- Wang Xiangwei, SCMP
Russia reinforces military presence in Crimea -- Euronews
Russia Has Underwater Nuclear Drones, Leaked Pentagon Documents Reveal -- Newsweek
Top Russian nuclear weapons designer Avrorin dies at 85 -- ABC News
Russia behind NotPetya cyberattack in Ukraine, CIA concludes -- Axios
Kuwait company signs $1.4bn deal with US' Pentagon -- Middle East Monitor
Israel seizes largest ever shipment of military clothes headed to Gaza -- Jerusalem Post
Tehran Reiterates 'Access to Military Sites is Not Part of Nuclear Deal' -- Sputnik
Germany delivers Jordan €18 million in military equipment -- DW
Germany expands anti-terror squad GSG 9 -- DW
More women opt for Swiss military service -- Swissinfo.ch
Carbonite-2 satellite enters orbit to test British intel-gathering capability -- C4ISRNet
UK scrambles 2 RAF Typhoon fighter jets to intercept Russian planes -- RT
US Navy plane swoops on Russia hours after RAF jets intercept supersonic bombers over UK -- Daily Star
We need help too: UK Military wives reveal how their partners' service led to their OWN mental health battles - as it's revealed a quarter of veterans' loved ones are negatively affected -- Daily Mail
New British Army advert shows Muslim soldier praying on battlefield in front of his comrades -- The SUN
Falklands War 'true hero' Captain Rick Jolly dies -- BBC
NATO Chief: UN Convention Won't Rid World of Nuclear Arms -- US News and World Report/AP
B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, 200 airmen deploy to Guam -- Military Times
B-1B Lancer's Evolving Mission Includes More Close-Air Support -- Military.com
Electronic Warfare: The Part Of The F-35 Fighter Story You Haven't Heard -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
Navy on Steady Path to Integrate Lasers on Warships -- National Defense
The Missileers: Air Force has trained 247 women for nuclear launch -- NBC
Researchers Develop New Material for Army Night-Time Operations -- AZO Materials
How the US Navy Is Turning Sci-Fi Warfare into Reality -- Space.com
Four rules for male and female Marines working together -- Washington Post
Frontline Firepower: 4 Most Formidable Close Air Support Fighters in the World -- Sputnik
Nuclear war became more likely this week – here's why -- Robert Andersen and Martin J Sherwin, The Guardian
