But there is no reason to panic yet," Alperovitch wrote. There are five levels, from DEFCON 1 to 5.ĭEFCON 5 is the lowest state of readiness, while DEFCON 1 is the maximum state of readiness, which means that nuclear war is starting or has already begun.Īccording to US Today, Russia also has its own version of DEFCON, although the levels of that system are unclear.ĭmitry Alperovitch, founder of The Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University and former chief technology officer of the Cyber Security Group, said on Twitter that Russia has four levels of alert from nuclear war. What is DEFCON?ĭEFCON - Defense Ready Condition, is a system used by the Pentagon to mark the level of nuclear war threats facing the United States, which then determines readiness for a potential response. Already this morning, when the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia began, that level of danger was lowered by one and now it is "DEFCON 3", which has also been declared only a few times so far. Some mistakenly believe that condition level.
The alert color for Defcon 5 is blue and is also called normal readiness. Defcon 5 means we are at a complete and total state of peace and have no immediate need to be on a high state of alert. It is a site of analysts from open sources, as well as those connected with the American army.Īs Jutarnji reminds us, the level of danger "one step away from the nuclear war" is actually the "DEFCON 2" level, and it has been declared only twice so far, during the Cuban crisis. Defcon 5, or Fade Out is the lowest or normal state of readiness and is also called blue alert status. officials, for security reasons, never publicly state the degree of danger the country is in, but that assessment was stated on the website "". However, as Jutarnji list reports, such information has not been officially confirmed, because U.S.
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