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In this case, if she were Swain, she would raise the DEFCON level on the. The Sixth Fleet resumed its normal DEFCON status on 17 November 1973. On 31 October USEUCOM (less the Sixth Fleet) went off DEFCON III status. On 26 October, CINCSAC and CINCONAD reverted to normal DEFCON status. Take this with a grain of salt or two, as I couldn’t find a non-blog, non-Wikipedia source for this. DEFCON categorized levels of military readiness against attack and could vary. forces went on Defense Condition (DEFCON) III alert status, as possible intervention by the Soviet Union was feared. Defcon levels 1 through 4 indicate an elevated alert status, and 5 indicates a current state of peace or low levels of military readiness. “Maximum Readiness” is (or was) a nice little euphemism for deploying strategic nuclear assets.ĭEFCON 5 is an absolutely peaceful state with absolutely no impending nuclear threat issues.ĭEFCON 4 is like DEFCON 5, only with a bit more alertness and readiness.ĭEFCON 3 involves some active level of conflict.ĭEFCON 2 involves more pressing levels of conflict, with plausible nuclear issues in play.ĭEFCON 1 involves an actual nuclear threat and/or nuclear response. The defcon levels range from a scale of levels 1 to 5. Intelligence briefs the world over, are given DEFCON level as a matter of report but unless there is a sudden change, most troops dont really hear about. military, and increase in severity from DEFCON 5 (least severe) to DEFCON. It indicates that attack upon the continental United States, Canada, or US installations in Greenland by hostile aircraft or missiles is considered probable, is imminent, or is taking place. prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. forces overseas, or allied forces in any area, and is confirmed either by the commander of a unified or specified command or higher authority or an overt attack of any type is made upon the United States and is confirmed by the commander of a unified or specified command or higher authority.ĪIR DEFENSE EMERGENCY: Air defense emergency is an emergency condition, declared by the Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command. By definition, other forces go to DEFCON 1 during an EMERGCON.ĭEFENSE EMERGENCY: Major attack upon U.S. DEFCON 4: Normal, increased intelligence and strengthened security measuresĭEFCON 3: Increase in force readiness above normal readinessĭEFCON 2: Further Increase in force readiness, but less than maximum readinessĮMERGCONs are national level reactions in response to ICBM (missiles in the air) attack.