A false alarm of a missile strike has revealed a number of problems. The first and most obvious is the constant confrontation between early warning and accuracy of the alert. The introduction of additional Supervisory-level will have a negative impact on the efficiency of early warning, as everyone will be afraid of the possibility of false alarms. We will remind, in December of 1941, Washington was in no hurry to warn Hawaii of the RAID the Japanese kamikaze, as information about the many aircraft appeared on the radar, just ignored for fear of a false alarm.
Another problem is a complete lack of awareness of the population on the necessary actions in the event of a missile attack. Most of the inhabitants of Hawaii was just shocked on hearing the alarm the real alarm of a missile strike, despite the fact that all were familiar with the system operation principle and its purpose. Almost no one knew where to go and what to do.
The situation is complicated by the fact that the vast majority of cases, ordinary US citizens have no idea about the nature of nuclear explosions and deadly factors that accompany them. For an adequate response to the North Korean threat it is necessary to inform the public about the possible consequences of the strike and the emergency action and use military capabilities for protection and retaliation in case of need.
It may well be that in other States people are so little aware of how and Hawaii. This problem was identified only through a false alarm in Hawaii. Information about what is on the website of the Center for disease control in USA has information related to the effects of a nuclear attack, is not encouraging.
Complete lack of awareness of the population on actions in case of a missile strike can be compared with the failure of intelligence work. To blame every US citizen who has not used God the cognitive and analytical skills to understand the situation and take the right decision.
As an example, it is also possible to bring the attacks of September 11, 2001. Terrorists have used the same techniques that they used well before the events of 2001. Few people paid attention to it, everyone was sure that everything is under control. The current threat is much more serious, but US citizens still do not pay attention to the obvious facts.
On the other hand, Hawaii is well prepared for natural emergency situations. Preparing for a tsunami also includes the early warning system and measures for evacuation. Appropriate signs indicate which areas are likely to be in the flood zone, and what areas are at a sufficient altitude. All the arrangements for evacuation are planned in advance and communicated to the public.
Of course, the early warning system of a missile strike differs from the early warning system for tsunamis, however, many commonalities exist in the process of preparation of the population to natural emergency situations, development of evacuation plans and international cooperation. Hawaiian experience should be used to raise awareness of the population about the risk of missile threats and the measures needed to be taken in the event of a missile strike. If the United States seriously treat the missile threat, the need to "see the truth" and eliminate all bugs.