OTTAWA—The erroneous warning about an impending nuclear missile attack on Hawaii Jan. 13 came with the reminder that any nuclear early-warning system is at best a fool’s game. The idea of a civilian early-warning system against a nuclear attack was debunked more than 60 years ago precisely because nuclear weapons have as their primary target the immediate destruction of large civilian populations. No ordinary citizen can expect to “take shelter” from a nuclear attack. The secondary and predictable
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