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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]
The term frequently used is "on high alert". [1] 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". [5]
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]
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