Missiles

Honolulu attorney Michael Green, right, sits with his client, the former Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee who sent a false missile alert to residents and visitors in Hawaii, left, during an interview with reporters on Friday. The ex-state employee says he's devastated about causing panic, but he believed it was a real attack at the time. The man in his 50s spoke to reporters Friday on the condition he not be identified because he fears for his safety after receiving threats. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Foreign Policy

Hawaii employee who sent botched missile alert was ‘100 percent sure’ a threat was imminent

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 3, 2018 1:51 am

National Security

Pentagon confirms Hawaii missile test failed, chalks it up to a learning experience

Travis J. Tritten -

February 1, 2018 8:43 pm

The Hawaii based test was conducted by the personnel assigned to the Aegis ashore missile defense system. (U.S. Missile Defense Agency photo)

Beltway Confidential

A US ballistic missile defense test just failed. Here’s what it means

Tom Rogan -

January 31, 2018 9:08 pm

This picture displays part of the Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Romania. The Defense Department says that they tested the Aegis Ashore system in Hawaii on Wednesday, but a later report says that an interceptor missile failed to launch that day. (Photo courtesy of Navy.mil)

Foreign Policy

Test of new land version of US ship-based missile defense fails to intercept target: Report

Jamie McIntyre -

January 31, 2018 8:22 pm

After users of CNN's app received dozens of push notifications for an updated story on the false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii,
many Twitter users wondered what was happening, noted the irony, and made fun of the cable news network. (Screenshot via Twitter)

News

Twitter mocks CNN for repeatedly sending push alert about false ballistic missile alert

Mandy Mayfield -

January 30, 2018 11:26 pm

This smartphone screen capture shows the retraction of a false incoming ballistic missile emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system on Jan. 13. On Tuesday, the employee who sent the alert was fired, and Vern Miyagi, the administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, submitted his resignation. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Foreign Policy

Hawaii fires emergency management worker who sent false missile alert

Melissa Quinn -

January 30, 2018 11:02 pm

The Federal Communications Commission released a report into the events of the morning of Jan. 13, when a ballistic missile alert was sent to more than 1 million people through the emergency alert system in Hawaii. (AP)

National Security

Hawaii worker who sent false ballistic missile alert thought the threat was real: FCC

Melissa Quinn -

January 30, 2018 5:23 pm

Foreign Policy

Ted Cruz touts his ‘relatively unusual position in the Senate’

Timothy P. Carney -

January 30, 2018 5:01 am

CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Monday said he expects the 2018 elections to be free and fair, in spite of known attempts by the Russian state to interfere.

National Security

Mike Pompeo has ‘every expectation’ Russia will try to meddle in the 2018 midterms

Naomi Lim -

January 30, 2018 3:14 am

North Korean soldiers prepare shells during a live-fire exercise near North Korea's southwest coast. (AP Photo)

Foreign Policy

North Korea scales back military exercises: Report

Anna Giaritelli -

January 29, 2018 1:57 pm

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Tag: Missiles

Hawaii employee who sent botched missile alert was ‘100 percent sure’ a threat was imminent

Pentagon confirms Hawaii missile test failed, chalks it up to a learning experience

A US ballistic missile defense test just failed. Here’s what it means

Test of new land version of US ship-based missile defense fails to intercept target: Report

Hawaii fires emergency management worker who sent false missile alert

Hawaii worker who sent false ballistic missile alert thought the threat was real: FCC

Ted Cruz touts his ‘relatively unusual position in the Senate’

Mike Pompeo has ‘every expectation’ Russia will try to meddle in the 2018 midterms

North Korea scales back military exercises: Report

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