DEFCON is the acronym for Defense Condition. It defines our state of military alert at a time when we are threatened with attack. Russia keeps threatening to use nuclear weapons against us, as does North Korea. China does as well, they just keep it real low key, unlike the blustering, bullying Russians.
All these threats are valid though, and let’s not forget Pakistan, which has a bunch of atomic bombs and has sold the technology to others including Iran. Did they sell off a bomb or two as well? Could be.
According to defconlevel.com, we are at DEFCON 3 right now, mostly because of the Russian threats, down from DEFCON 2 because the Russians have backed off a little. DEFCON 1 is the highest level, so it was getting very serious there for awhile and may again.
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Knowing if we went to DEFCON 2 or 1 could give you a chance to reach shelter and save your life.