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Hawaii tests nuclear attack warning siren amid growing North Korean threat
Monthly tests resumed for the first time since the Cold War
Hawaii has started monthly nuclear warning siren testing amid threat of North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile programme (Photo: Business Insider)
The United States state of Hawaii has resumed monthly tests of its nuclear attack warning siren, in response to the growing threat from North Korea’s nuclear and missile programme.
The warning siren, which has not seen any testing since the Cold War, would warn residents and tourists, using different, wavering tones, to stay inside and wait for further instructions.
It was last tested in Hawaii towards the end of the Cold War, in the 1980s, but was sounded again on Friday morning, and will be tested again each month, on the first day of business.
North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test in September, and as tested a number of ballistic missiles.
Hawaii, which hosts the Asia-Pacific region US military headquarters, could be reached within 20 minutes by a missile launched from Pyongyang.
