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DEFCON

The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. The DEFCON system was developed in 1959 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. military. It increases in severity from DEFCON 5…

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related to history · 26
DEFCON → After, After NORAD, Air Defense Emergency, Air Defense Readiness, Alpha, Big Noise, Bravo, Canada, Charlie/Delta, DEFCONs, Defense Emergency, Emergency, Hot Box, In October, Increased, JCS, Maximum, Maximum Readiness, Nathan, NORAD
related to In popular culture · 23
DEFCON → Able Archer, Bold Guard, Butt-Head Do America, Day, Deutschland, Dynamite, Entity, From Time, Full Alert, Has Fallen, He Shall, House, Lost City, Nemesis, Part, SG-1, The, The Broca Divide, This, Tide
related to Definition · 18
DEFCON → According, Air, Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Coast Guard, Cuban Missile Crisis, Different, Gulf War, Joint Chiefs, Marine Corps, Navy, SAC, Space Force, Space/Smithsonian, Staff, Strategic Air Command, The DEFCON
related to Cuban Missile Crisis · 16
DEFCON → Armed Forces, Atlas, Cuban Missile Crisis, During, Minuteman, November, October, On October, SAC, SAC's, Soviet Union, Strategic Air Command, Titan, United States Army Europe, USAREUR, While
related to Yom Kippur War · 16
DEFCON → According, CIA, Continental Air Defense Command, Egypt, European Command, Israel, October, On October, Sixth Fleet, Soviet, Soviet Union, Strategic Air Command, Syria, The United States, US, Yom Kippur War
related to Levels · 6
DEFCON → Defense, JCS, NORAD, On January, This, United States Department
related to Operation Paul Bunyan · 6
DEFCON → August, Following, Operation Paul Bunyan, Panmunjom, South Korea, US
related to September 11 attacks · 5
DEFCON → Defense Donald Rumsfeld, During, It, Secretary, September
related to External links · 3
DEFCON → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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readiness forces defense level states military levels air conditions alert united system war command october used security condition armed jcs

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DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisDuring0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisCuban Missile Crisis0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisOctober0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisArmed Forces0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisUnited States Army Europe0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisUSAREUR0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisOn October0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisStrategic Air Command0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisSAC0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisNovember0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisWhile0.60section
DEFCONrelated to Cuban Missile CrisisSAC's0.60section

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