Defcon Level Threat Monitor | Current Global Threats 2024

Current Defcon Level private intelligence alerts, level updates and news. The current Defcon level today in 2024 is located on the Current level status page, where you will not only find today's current OSINT estimated level but also see important warning system updates, intelligence, news alerts and military threats happening right now.

What does Defcon Mean? The meaning of the word Defcon is: DEFense readiness CONdition. There are 5 Alert Levels in the warning alert system. The actual purpose or meaning of the alert level system is to indicate the current readiness status of the United States military, or how close we actually are to a nuclear attack today, in 2024.

Some erroneous pronunciations of the "Defcon" level are: "Death Con", "defqon" "Deathcon", "Def Con", "Deathcom" or "Deafcon". These are all incorrect ways to pronounce "Defcon".

The current Defcon level alerts range from status levels 1 to 5, with Defcon level 1 being the highest actual U.S. military defense readiness condition warning status that can be ordered by the Pentagon, such as in situations like a current state of war, or current heightened military or nuclear threat, and Defcon level 5 being the lowest threat level condition in the warning system and means a current state of peace.

For more information about the Defcon levels and what the defense readiness system means, visit our About Page where there is a section devoted to frequently asked questions and answers about the current Defcon level alert status, as well as our OSINT intelligence community. The Defcon Levels page explain what each alert level means.

Visit the Change History Page where you will find a list of current official warning system status changes, including when the last official warning system status change was for the U.S. Military. To see our Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Defcon level alert estimates See This Page

Remember, the current official Defcon level status today is not officially recorded as an actual change until the United States government releases the actual current official warning system level for the military to the public.

Today's live Defcon levels available on this website are what our open source intelligence (OSINT) analysts believe each alert level should currently be today based on open source intelligence analysis.

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