2017–2018 North Korea crisis
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The 2017–2018 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States. The crisis began early in 2017 when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear
Military parade in Pyongyang, 2015 featuring soldiers with CBRN equipment
USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group and South Korean Navy vessels having a joint exercise on May 3, 2017
Kim Jong Un's order for the first test of Hwasong-14
U.S. President Donald Trump giving his address at the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
On the morning of January 13, 2018, an alert was accidentally issued via the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert System over television, radio, and cellular networks in the U.S. state
2017–2018 North Korea crisis
…collective sigh of relief that there's no war. It does wonders for North Korea's image." Residents and tourists in the U.S. state of Hawaii were briefly thrown into a panic when an emergency alert was issued January 13, 2018, advising of an imminent ballistic missile threat. Another message was sent out about 40 minutes…
A screenshot of the alert as displayed on an iOS device
David Ige, who served as Governor of Hawaii at the time of the incident
Former U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Bruce E. Oliveira (left) was tasked by the State of Hawaii to lead an internal investigation into the incident.
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