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Defense readiness conditions vary between many commands and have changed over time, [3] and the United States Department of Defense uses exercise terms when referring to the DEFCON levels during exercises. [1] [8] This is to prevent confusing exercise commands with actual operational commands. [1] [8]
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".
There are five levels of INFOCON, which recently changed to more closely correlate to DEFCON levels. They are: INFOCON 5 describes a situation where there is no apparent hostile activity against computer networks. Operational performance of all information systems is monitored, and password systems are used as a layer of protection.
McConnell AFB entrance displaying THREATCON DELTA on the day of the 9/11 attacks. In United States military security parlance, the force protection condition (FPCON for short) is a counter-terrorist (otherwise known as antiterrorism (AT for short)) [1]:1 threat system employed by the United States Department of Defense.
According to Air & Space/Smithsonian, as of 2022, the U.S. DEFCON level has never been more severe than DEFCON 3. The DEFCON 2 levels in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and 1991 Gulf War applied only to the U.S. [clarification needed] Corrected: According to Air & Space/Smithsonian, as of 2022, the U.S. DEFCON level has never been more severe ...
The system has four levels, with One being the highest (possible war imminent) and Four the lowest. It is the Central Military Commission's responsibility (through the JOCC) to call changes in the readiness level. At different levels, the People's Liberation Army takes different actions to deal with different degrees of emergency. [1]
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 ]
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.