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Warning system

Warning system is any system of biological or technical nature deployed by an individual or group to inform of a future danger. Its purpose is to enable the deployer of the warning system to prepare for the danger and act accordingly to mitigate or avoid it.

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Biological warning systems

  • Aposematism (e.g. warning coloration)
  • Climate canary
  • Fear
  • Miner's canary
  • Pain

    • Man-made warning systems

  • Emergency population warning

    • Civilian warning systems

  • Alberta Emergency Alert
  • Alberta Emergency Public Warning System (replaced by Alberta Emergency Alert)
  • Automatic Warning System
  • Child abduction alert system
  • Dam safety system
  • Earthquake warning system
  • Emergency Alert System (EAS) (United States)
  • Famine Early Warning Systems Network
  • Federal Civil Defense Authority
  • Fire alarm system
  • Gale warning
  • Ground proximity warning system
  • Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
  • International Early Warning Programme
  • J-Alert (Japan)
  • Lane departure warning system
  • National Severe Weather Warning Service
  • N.E.A.R. (National Emergency Alarm Repeater)
  • North Warning System
  • Standard Emergency Warning Signal
  • Traffic Collision Avoidance System
  • Train Protection & Warning System
  • Tsunami warning system

    • Military warning systems

    Historical beacon-based systems:

  • Byzantine beacon system in Asia Minor during the 9th century

    • Space based missile early warning systems:

  • Defense Support Program (United States, to be succeeded by the "Space-Based Infrared System")
  • Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) (United States)
  • Oko, also known as "SPRN" (Russia)

    • Airborne early warning systems:

  • Airborne Early Warning and Control ("AWACS" for NATO, many countries have developed their own AEW&C systems)

    • Ground based early warning radar systems:

  • Ballistic Missile Early Warning System and PAVE PAWS (United States)
  • Duga-3, also known as the "Russian Woodpecker" (Russia)
  • Dnestr radar (1st generation Russian)
  • Daryal radar (2nd generation Russian)
  • Voronezh radar (3rd and current generation Russian)
  • Chain Home (British, now defunct)
  • Chain Home Low (British, now defunct)
  • ROTOR (British, now defunct)

    • Optical sensors:

  • Bomb Alarm System

    • Emergency broadcasting:

  • CONELRAD (United States, succeeded by the Emergency Broadcast System)
  • Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) (United States, succeeded by the Emergency Alert System)

    • References

    Warning system Wikipedia
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