BREAKING NEWS

Home Front Command begins SMS alert experiment

AUGUST 12, 2012 01:21

The IDF Home Front Command will begin a nationwide experiment on Sunday in which it will send mock text messages to cellphones warning of incoming missile attacks. The experiment will last until Thursday.

Called “Personal Message,” the alert system has been under development for several years. It can deliver area-specific warnings based on the projection of an incoming trajectory of a rocket or missile.

During the test, members of the public receive the following message, “The Home Front Command, checking cellular alert system,” followed by a number.

Messages will be sent in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian. Home Front Command officials say the messages will be directed on the basis of geographical areas, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

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