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1 The Germanterm false alarm is oftenreferredtoas unwantedalarm, butin
the presentcontextthetwotermsrefertodifferentcircumstances(see Fig. 1). For
exampleintheUSthetermunwantedalarmisusedfortheGermantermfalse
alarm. Thisvariesfromcountrytocountry.Atthemoment,wearetryingtode-
velop acommonunderstanding.
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