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Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:08:24 GMT
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DEFCON (Defense Condition) ranges from 1 (at war) to 5 (at peace). It
describes our military posture in terms of being at or ready for war. It
does not address terrorism. I don't think DEFCON was around before the
nuclear age hit us.
THREATCON (Threat Condition) is a relatively new term used to describe the
perceived threat level to US forces in a particular area. It prescribes a
minimum level of anti-terrorist precautions. They range from "normal," with
no added security measures, through alpha, bravo, charlie, and delta, which
is an imminent attack or expectation of imminent attack.
DEFCON is more offensive, THREATCON is more defensive.
In short, more or less. Don't quote me too directly, I don't have the
regulations in front of me and we don't worry about our DEFCON half as much
as we do about the THREATCON.
I am in the military.
Jesse
Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message
news:200109112028.f8BKSFf05098@void.peeron.com...
> Matthew Gerber wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Richard Noeckel writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > > > NEWS:
> > > > All international US embassies, bases, etc. on Delta alert.
> > >
> > >
> > > Question; is 'Delta Alert' the same as 'Def Con 1' ?
> > > (I may have misspelled 'def con')
> > > Does ~Def Con~ range from 1 to 5, and 1 being the worst?
> >
> > Not really sure...seems about right...
> >
> > The Delta Alerts seem to be the nomenclature built on Americas newer • defense
> > plans, as created just a few years ago.
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> I think (and I have no internal knowledge of US armed forces) that defcon
1 is actual war, while the alert levels are just that - letting security
forces know something may be up...
>
> Dan
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| (...) Hey Jesse - thanks for the informative briefing. I was indeed wondering about the connection between delta and the 1 thru 5 DEFCON rating. -Shiri (who watched _War Games_ in history two years ago) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think (and I have no internal knowledge of US armed forces) that defcon 1 is actual war, while the alert levels are just that - letting security forces know something may be up... Dan (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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