False Hawaii nuclear-attack alert came with a reminder

Any nuclear early warning system is at best a fool’s game.

Columnist Jim Creskey says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could follow in the footsteps of his father, Pierre Trudeau, and take more action to further nuclear disarmament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, Rob Mieremet/Dutch national archives photograph

Opinion

BY JIM CRESKEY

January 17, 2018

OTTAWA—The erroneous warning about an impending nuclear missile attack on Hawaii Jan. 13 came with the reminder that any nuclear early-warning system is at best a fool’s game. The idea of a civilian early-warning system against a nuclear attack was debunked more than 60 years ago precisely beca...

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