North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a launching drill in a photo taken by state media. (STR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Now on offer at University of Hawaii, Nuclear War 101: How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb.
Students at the Aloha State school received an email Monday with the subject line “in the event of a nuclear attack.”
The message sent Cold War-style shivers down the spines of those not accustomed to the “duck and cover” drills of the 1950s, though the current threat is from the isolated regime of Kim Jong Un.
“In light of concerns about North Korea missile tests, state and federal agencies are providing information about nuclear threats and what to do in the unlikely event of a nuclear attack and radiation emergency,” says the email procured by Hawaii News Now.
It adds that the university follows the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency siren system and the agency’s instructions for “sheltering-in-place.”
The 50th state began a campaign to tell residents about prepping for a potential nuclear attack this summer, after North Korea tested a missile believed to be capable of reaching the islands.
Experts believe that the hermit kingdom has also made progress on miniaturizing a warhead that could fit onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, which could reach Hawaii in about 20 minutes.
Above, students at University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus. (CAROL CUNNINGHAM/AP)
The American military has recently practiced missile defense tests both off of Hawaii and the West Coast.
Despite international efforts for a peaceful solution, Kim and President Trump recently taken to firing insults at each other, with the commander-in-chief’s jabs suggesting that words could soon be replaced by “fire and fury.”
Kim responded to Trumpès hints at military action on the peninsula by saying that his weapons of mass destruction were a “powerful deterrent” against a U.S. strike.
Trump is scheduled to visit Asian countries including South Korea in early November, with local news agency Yonhap reporting Tuesday that he may go to the Demilitarized Zone between the nation and its northern neighbor.
Barack Obama visited the fortified area during a trip in 2012.
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