Although the US Secretary of State was horrified by the sudden signal, he was pleased that the national warning system was working.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joked about his “Russian friends” after his speech was interrupted by a testing alert. This took place on October 4 at the University of Texas at Austin.
The incident occurred during Blinken’s speech on the current situation in Ukraine. While the official was talking about the Russian invasion, an emergency alert came to the phones of those gathered.
“They might be Russian friends,” Blinken joked when the warning went off.
The official also expressed his satisfaction that the national warning system is working.
“I’m glad the system works and I hope we never really use it,” he said.
Warning systems were tested in two stages
Previously, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had warned US residents about the upcoming national audit of emergency alert systems. This process involved two stages.
In the first stage, emergency alerts were sent to citizens’ mobile phones. The messages emphasized that this was only a system test and recipients did not need to take any action. The second phase involved broadcasting a similar message on radio and television.
Let us recall that during a discussion at the University of Texas, Antony Blinken said that the US and EU countries were working on the legal basis for transferring $ 300 billion of Russian assets frozen abroad to Ukraine.
Source: Focus
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