{"id":53740,"date":"2017-12-02T05:18:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53740"},"modified":"2017-12-02T05:18:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T05:18:23","slug":"hawaii-dusts-off-nuclear-attack-warning-siren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/hawaii-dusts-off-nuclear-attack-warning-siren.html","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii dusts off nuclear attack warning siren"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Hawaii dusts off nuclear attack warning siren<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Hawaii dusts off nuclear attack warning siren:- The US state of Hawaii has tested a nuclear attack warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The resumption of the monthly tests comes amid a growing threat from North Korea&#8217;s missile and nuclear programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pyongyang has tested a series of ballistic missiles and in September carried out its sixth nuclear test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Hawaii, in the Pacific, already has a monthly test of sirens warning of natural disasters, including tsunamis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The nuclear attack signal uses a different, wavering tone, warning residents and tourists to stay indoors and await further instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The last time a nuclear attack warning siren was tested in the state was in the 1980s in the final years of the Cold War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">But it sounded again on Friday morning and will be repeated on the first business day of every month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Vern Miyagi, who heads the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, said it was &#8220;critically important&#8221; for the public to understand what the different tones mean, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A missile launched from North Korea could strike Hawaii within 20 minutes of launch, the paper added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Hawaii hosts the US military headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea recently tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile which it claims can hit anywhere on the mainland United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Experts say the Hwasong-15 appears capable of transporting a nuclear warhead, although it is unclear if Pyongyang is yet capable of making a weapon small enough to be fitted on to a missile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-42205176<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/hawaii-dusts-off-nuclear-attack-warning-siren.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii dusts off nuclear attack warning siren Hawaii dusts off nuclear attack warning siren:- The US state of Hawaii has tested a nuclear attack warning siren for the first time since the end of the Cold War. 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