The fact that the people of Hawaii and the hundreds of thousands of visitors in the State that day immediately presumed the missile originated from North Korea speaks to the broader concern about the potential for conflict and the threat…

So that alarm should never have gone off at Joint Base Pearl Harbor.

This hearing presents a good opportunity to bring State and Federal officials together to work to regain the public's trust after such a traumatizing event.

It is my judgment that there is nothing more Federal than an incoming ICBM.

Our congressional delegation is of one mind in getting to the bottom of what happened and making sure that it never happens again.

to me, this really underscores how important it is that we not create an environment where a missile strike comes our way to Hawaii, or anyplace else for that matter, because it is rather astounding to contemplate what might happen if…

I will say that the particular individual did not make the right decision.

As we sit here and have this really robust discussion, is there some kind of a technical problem with the military, the DoD and PACOM, pressing the button that sends the alert to everybody in our state?

I share the sentiment that Senator Schatz initially stated, which is that maybe when it comes to natural disasters...

Yes.

Modernization of NC3 systems is critical to the reliability and safety of our nuclear deterrent.