Is Hawaii missile warning really a false alarm?

The content of the alert bulletin reads "Ballistic missiles are approaching Hawaii", asking people to find shelter urgently, and stressing that "this is not an exercise". By 8: 45 am, the Hawaiian people received a mobile phone message clarifying that the first warning message sent earlier was wrong and proved to be a false alarm. Hawaiian Senator Brian Schatz called such a false alarm "unforgivable". The Governor of Hawaii, David Ige, said that the misstatement of missiles was caused by human error. During the shift change, an employee made a mistake in the standard procedure and pressed the missile alarm button by mistake.

On 0/3 of this month, a missile attack alarm came from Hawaii, and the local people fell into panic after receiving the alarm. It took the authorities 40 minutes to clarify that this was just a false alarm. The state government of Hawaii was strongly criticized afterwards.

Washington Comprehensive Report A preliminary investigation into the misstatement of the Hawaiian missile attack by the United States shows that human error and lack of preventive measures are the main reasons for this incident.

An investigation report released by the US Federal Communications Commission on the 30th pointed out that Hawaii mistakenly issued a missile warning because the personnel on duty at that time mistakenly took the exercise seriously and triggered the alarm button. The personnel on duty have been fired, and the director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency has resigned.

The report also criticized the Hawaii state government for its slow action to correct mistakes after the incident, which aggravated the chaos.

On 0/3 of this month, a missile attack alarm came from Hawaii, and the local people fell into panic after receiving the alarm. It took the authorities 40 minutes to clarify that this was just a false alarm. The state government of Hawaii was strongly criticized afterwards.

The report shows that the emergency management department of Hawaii caused this serious mistake due to the lack of communication during the shift change.

It is understood that for some time, the Hawaii State Emergency Measures Bureau has been conducting simulation drills for missile strikes. During the drill on June 5438+03, a night shift supervisor pretended to be the US Pacific Command, and telephoned the personnel on duty at 8: 05 that morning to inform them of the missile attack. Due to negligence, the personnel on duty only heard the word "this is not an exercise" instead of the repeated word "training", and as a result, an alarm was issued without the presence of the superior leader.

People's mobile phones were then alerted that a missile was flying towards Hawaii and asked them to enter the bomb shelter or bunker immediately. Television and radio stations also issued this warning. Many people were frightened by the sudden news, some people were ready to flee their homes, and the school started the evacuation procedure.

The Director of Emergency Measures later said that he was "fully responsible" for the incident and resigned on the 30th. The staff who sent the warning of missile attack was fired on the 26th, and another staff member who was responsible for informing the public of security threats was suspended.

According to the report, in the past 10 years, the poor performance of dismissed employees has been "concerned". The report said: "He couldn't understand the situation at hand and confused the real event with the exercise at least twice."

In another report, the Federal Communications Commission said that the employee claimed that he thought the threat was real and he didn't know it was a drill.