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2006-10-23 China-Japan-Koreas

All towns to get missile, disaster alert device

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Posted by mrp 2006-10-23 10:58|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 --The Fire and Disaster Management Agency is planning to provide every city, town and village in Japan with receivers for satellite signals warning of a ballistic missile attack or natural disaster.--

Chicoms are taking the sats out by laser, this should get interesting.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-10-23 12:56|| 2006-10-23 12:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Meanwhile back in the USA it continues to be difficult to find car radios with Weather Band and automatic alert systems built-in. These should be mandatory.

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-23 13:03|| 2006-10-23 13:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Weather radios can be bought at Radio Shack, and no doubt elsewhere. And most radio stations will break into regular programming in case of emergency.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-23 14:14|| 2006-10-23 14:14|| Front Page Top

#4 TW -- Your point on emergency broadcasting is good, but car radios generally can't be set up to automatically turn on in case of an emergency like some home weather radios can be. There are very few commercially available car radio/weather band combinations available in any case, people will generally not tear out their existing radios to add this feature. Mandating such radios would improve civil readiness in all kinds of emergencies, IMHO.

Posted by Slaviger Angomong7708 2006-10-23 18:40|| 2006-10-23 18:40|| Front Page Top

#5 I see what you mean, Slaviger Angomong7708.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-23 20:20|| 2006-10-23 20:20|| Front Page Top

#6 WHATS TAIWAN + rest of SOUTH/SOUTH EAST ASIA DOING!? YUKON-ITES??

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-23 23:24|| 2006-10-23 23:24|| Front Page Top

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