#Defcon scale series#
It is featured in the television series La Casa de Papel (T4).In the story line, briefing papers released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that Operation Able Archer, a major war games exercise conducted in November 1983 by the US and its NATO allies, was so realistic it made the Soviets believe that a nuclear strike on its territory was a real possibility. The television series Deutschland 83 depicts the events which occurred in 1983 when the level was raised to a simulated DEFCON 1 during NATO exerciseAble Archer 83.DEFCON was featured prominently in the films Armageddon, Def-Con 4, WarGames, Hunter Killer, Thirteen Days, Watchmen, Independence Day, The Sum of All Fears, By Dawn's Early Light, Crimson Tide, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fail Safe, and Canadian Bacon.It was lowered to DEFCON 4 on September 14. Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measuresĭuring the September 11 attacks, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered the DEFCON level be increased to 3, and also a stand-by for a possible increase to DEFCON 2. Increase in force readiness above that required for normal readinessĪir Force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes Nuclear war is imminent or has already startedĪrmed forces ready to deploy and engage in less than six hours On January 12, 1966, NORAD 'proposed the adoption of the readiness conditions of the JCS system', and information about the levels was declassified in 2006: Readiness condition This is to preclude the possibility of confusing exercise commands with actual operational commands. Defense readiness conditions vary between many commands and have changed over time, and the United States Department of Defense uses exercise terms when referring to the DEFCON levels during exercises.
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