The false alarm in Hawaii shows nuclear weapons don`t have to explode to terrorize us
(LA Times Dodgers)

To the editor: Happily, the missile alert in Hawaii proved to be a false alarm, but what if the purported target had been Washington? With the added warning of `THIS IS NOT A DRILL,` would our president have waited 38 minutes to confirm whether it was the real thing? (`For nearly 40 minutes, Hawaii...