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[1]:9:E2.16 The decision on what level of FPCON to implement is affected by the current threat of terrorism towards military facilities and personnel, the number of security forces available, and current relationships between the United States and the world, which may affect the chances of an attack.
In United States military doctrine, LERTCON is an abbreviation of alert condition, and is a measure of the level of action and readiness to be taken in a given situation. LERTCON is used by US and Allied forces who are assigned to NATO. [1] There are specific procedures laid out for responses to changes in LERTCON.
Examples scales indicating alert state are the DEFCON levels of the US military, [2] South Korea's "Jindogae" system, [3] and the UK Threat Levels. [4] High alert states are synonymous with "red alert".
Since November 2015, the international terrorism threat level is considered to be at moderate, meaning an attack is "possible but not likely". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Netherlands
DEFCON levels. The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public. [1] The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. [3]
COGCON ("continuity of government readiness condition") is a United States government readiness level, roughly analogous to the DEFCON alert state system, tracking the readiness of the government in the event of an emergency.
INFOCON (short for information operations condition) is a threat level system in the United States similar to that of FPCON. It is a defense system based primarily on the status of information systems and is a method used by the military to defend against a computer network attack.
The National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) is part of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command.The NGIC provides scientific and technical intelligence (S&T) and general military intelligence (GMI) on foreign ground forces in support of the warfighting commanders, force and material developers, Department of the Army, Department of Defense, and National-level decisionmakers.