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* Qualifies as one of the oldest in the book. It probably dates back to the navies of the 19th Century, when ships became very large and powered by steam. The "black gang" down in the machinery could see and hear nothing of what was going on beyond the hull of the ship.
** The classic historical example of its use is in the alarm siren on December 7, 1941: "AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR THIS IS NO DRILL".
* Oddly enough, the old [https://web.archive.org/web/20111015135000/http://www.ae5d.com/images/EBS-28rzx.png Emergency Broadcast System's script for actual nuclear attack] does not use the phrase "This is not a test".
** It does however use the phrase "Attack warning means that an actual attack against this country has been detected".
* Sometimes, an air-raid siren on the airfield means; 'get to your battle station'. Only some time after you got there will you hear if it was practice, an exercise, or what.
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