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I suspect you're joking, but an actual ICBM attack would have likely struck before the false alarm message was issued. There was a 38 minute delay before the f
by delecti 9y ago
I suspect you're joking, but an actual ICBM attack would have likely struck before the false alarm message was issued.
There was a 38 minute delay before the false alarm message: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/16/the-good-news-about-hawaiis-false-alarm https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/0...
Meanwhile an ICBM would likely impact less than 35 minutes after launch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile#Flight_phases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_mis...