Hawaii’s Nuclear Missile Alarm : The Real Message

By Newt Gingrich

Opinion

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Last Saturday, Hawaiians were startled and frightened by a civil defense warning that missiles were on the way and that it was not a drill but the real thing.

After 38 minutes of frantically trying to find safe cover (some families on Oahu drove to the opposite side of the island to seek shelter in caves in order to try to survive the expected nuclear blast), Hawaiians were told the whole thing was a mistake, and there was no imminent missile attack.

Of course, Hawaiians were furious at their state government for this frightening accident. Much attention was paid to the one state employee who mistakenly selected the wrong computer option during a routine drill following a shift change.

Washington was glad that Hawaiian Governor David Ige took responsibility at the state level. However, all this blame casting and acceptance misses the real warning inherent in this accidental event:

Imagine that the warning had been real.

Imagine that there had been one or more missiles equipped with nuclear warheads on the way.

Are we confident we could defend Oahu, the U.S. Pacific Command, and all the people on the Hawaiian Islands?

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