this message. that said specifically, ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii seek immediate protection. this is not a drill. you have to think about what happens with launches like this. the infrared signal is picked up by u.s. ships and satellites and tracked by the military. they want to know how fast they are traveling, how high it is and where it might be going. if military commanders think it is headed towards something like hawaii they will try to shoot it down for one and they also alert the state to start its emergency notification system. in hawaii this is how that would work. they would have a signal that goes out to sirens on the ground. and to radio and tv and to cell phones sending a warning message out to people there. you are 4600 miles from