This condition also requires all military personnel to stay within fifty miles of their operating base. All Air Force essential personnel remain on base and are ready to mobilize and deploy. Base operations are changed significantly, with added security personnel.
There is also an increased number of personnel added to guard certain areas that would not be manned during level 5.Īt this level in military readiness, The Air Force is ready to mobilize in 15 minutes.
During DEFCON 4 there is an increase of personnel on guard during night and day, as well as random searches of vehicles coming onto base. This level of defense, like all others, remains until changed by the Department of Defense.Īs the next level of severity, there are increased intelligence gathering and security measures. Security operations resume with ID checks for all personnel entering any military base. This means that military training and operations continue as normal. The normal level of peacetime readiness, DEFCON 5 serves as the baseline for the military. As of this moment our current military status is DEFCON 4. The DEFCON system prescribes graduated levels of readiness and states of alert and increases from levels of least to most severe. The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert system used by the military United States. If you haven’t seen it check it out, its an oldie but a goodie.
ARE WE AT DEFCON 3 MOVIE
When I think of defcon levels I always think of the 1983 movie War Games.
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